From Van Gend en Loos and Costa v ENEL to Cassis de Dijon and Consten and Grundig,
Landmark Cases in EU Law explores the most important and well-known EU law cases in two volumes.
These volumes show how the European Court of Justice has played a fundamental role in the construction of the European Union in the past 70 years. Many EU ‘landmark’ cases have been controversial, yet no-one can deny that they have been essential in defining the Union legal order as we find it today.
Volume 1 explores the ‘constitutional’ cases that have come to define the legal nature and competences of the Union, its judicial architecture as well as its fundamental rights system. Each of the twenty cases within this volume is placed in its historical and doctrinal context, and each chapter
also presents the history of its reception by the Court and academia.
Introduction Paul Craig (University of Oxford, UK) and Robert Schütze (Durham University, UK) Part 1: The Nature of European Union Law 1. Van Gend and the Union Legal Order Koen Lenaerts (European Court of Justice, Luxembourg) 2. Costa and the Supremacy of Union Law Bruno de Witte (Maastricht University, Netherlands) 3. International Handelsgesellschaft and the General Principles Takis Tridimas (Kings College London, UK) 4. Van Duyn and the Nature of Directives Sacha Prechal (European Court of Justice, Luxembourg) 5. Von Colson and the Question of Indirect Effect Monica Claes (Maastricht University, Netherlands) Part 2: EU Competences: Vertical and Horizontal 6. ERTA and the Doctrine of Implied Powers Marise Cremona (European University Institute, Italy) 7. Tobacco Advertising and the Powers of Harmonisation Steve Weatherill (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Opinion 1/75 and Exclusive Union Competences Panos Koutrakos (City, University of London, UK) 9. Working Time Case and the Subsidiarity Principle Gareth Davies (Amsterdam University, Netherlands) 10. Chernobyl and the Inter-Institutional Balance Joana Mendes (Luxembourg University) Part 3: Judicial Architecture within the Union 11. Plaumann and the Standing of Private Parties Albertina Albors-Llorens (University of Cambridge, UK) 12. CILFIT and the Doctrine of Acte Clair Alexander Kornezov (General Court, Luxembourg) 13. Factortame and National Remedies Jasper Krommendijk (Radboud University, Netherlands) 14. Francovich and the Liability of States Michael Dougan (Liverpool University, UK) 15. Poland/Hungary and Judicial Independence (Rule of Law) Laurand Pech (Middlesex University, UK) Part 4: Fundamental Rights and the Union Legal Order 16. Nold and the Sources of EU Fundamental Rights Mark Dawson (Hertie University, Germany) 17. Fransson and the Question of Incorporation Daniel Sarmiento (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) 18. Bauer and the Horizontal Effect of EU Rights Eleni Frantziou (Durham University, UK) 19. Kadi and the Relationship to International Law Gráinne de Búrca (New York University, USA) 20. Opinion 2/13 and Accession to the ECHR Tobias Lock (Maynooth University, Ireland)
Paul Craig is Emeritus Professor of English Law at St John’s College, Oxford, UK. Robert Schütze is Professor of European Union and Comparative Public Law at Durham University, UK, and LUISS (Rome), Italy.
