Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
A Constitutional Approach
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
Reihe: Oxford Studies in European Law
ISBN: 978-0-19-285621-0
Verlag: Hurst & Co.
As guarantor of the rule of law, the European Court of Justice must pay heed to such legislative input in a manner that preserves the principle of institutional balance and the hierarchy of norms. To do so, it often relies on the Legislative Priority Rule as its 'constitutional compass'. Founded on the principles of pre-emption and the presumption of constitutionality, this longstanding yet relatively unknown Rule casts exhaustive EU (product) legislation as the Court's sole norm of reference to resolve regulatory disputes, to the exclusion of Articles 34 - 36 TFEU.
To avoid any resulting normative inversion, EU (product) legislation must be acknowledged as accommodating a more complex vertical distribution of power than what is often assumed. To this end, the book suggests replacing harmonization models with a new framework to better describe and assess the impact of EU legislation, and to facilitate transparent, rational, and Treaty-compliant dispute resolution.