The Principle of Legal Certainty in EC Law [Paperback]

The intertwinement of EC law and national law may create unforeseeability in situations where EC law invades the national cases. This study contributes to the contemporary discussion, which wrestles with questions such as: What have been the visions and objectives for European integration in the last decades? How to describe European Union as a political entity and a legal system? What is the relationship between legal certainty, rule of law, various general principles and human rights?

AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsTablesPart 1. EC, History, Integration, EC Law, Legal Certainty1: Introductory Remarks1.1 How Can the Principle of Legal Certainty be Studied in the Context of EC Law?1.1.1 What is EC Law?1.1.2 Approaching the EC Law from Different Angles1.2 Ways of Approaching The Principle of Legal Certainty?1.3 Objections and Refutations 2: Some Remarks about the History of the European Community2.1 The Genesis of the European Communities: the ECSC, EEC and Euratom Treaties2.2 European Integration and the Intergovernmental Tendencies in the 1960s and 1970s2.3 The Idea of an Internal Market and the Single European Act2.4 Towards the Era After the Cold War and the Treaty on European Union2.5 The Treaty of Amsterdam and Beyond 3: Conclusions: Remarks about Theories of Integration, European Community and EC Law3.1 Theories of European Integration: Nugents Summary3.2 European Community: Siedentops View on European Democracy and the EuropeanCommunity3.2.1 Why Constitutions and the Conception of the State are Important?3.2.2 The Three Models of State3.2.3 Creating an Open Political Class and a Rights-based Political Culture in Europe  Mission Impossible3.3 EC Law: The Jack-in-the-Box Theory of EC Law by Wilhelmsson and Features of the Finnish Discussion Part 2. EC Law, Principles Of EC Law, General Principles, Legal Certainty4: The Sources, Objectives and Principles of EC Law4.1 The Sources and Objectives of EC Law4.1.1 The Relevant Sources of EC Lal“.