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Where can I find ECJ cases?
Where to find EU case law
- Curia. The ECJ website provides access to the text of Opinions of Advocates General and Judgments of the Courts from June 1997 onwards.
- EUR-Lex. Eur-Lex contains full-text Opinions and Judgments (1992 – ) and summaries of judgments (1954 – ).
- BAILII: British and Irish Legal Information Institute.
How do I refer to ECJ cases?
Citations should follow the format: case number | case name | [year] | report abbreviation | first page. Case T–344/99 Arne Mathisen AS v Council [2002] ECR II–2905. Where possible, refer to the official European Court Reports, which are cited as ECR.
How do you read EU cases?
All EU cases are identified by a number/year figure. Cases before the Court of Justice are preceded by a C-, while cases decided before the General Court are preceded by a T-( for the French ‘Tribunal’). 7 The Civil Service Tribunal prefixed its cases with an F-( for the French ‘Fonction publique’).
What is ECR in law?
CMLR. Common Market Law Reports. European Court Reports (ECR) was the form of citation for the official published series which has cases from 1954 to 2011. (The full title of the series was much longer: the last manifestation Reports of cases before the Court of Justice and the General Court).
Is UK still in ECJ?
The ECJ is the final court of the EU. It hears lots of cases about EU member states who break EU law. It then reaches conclusions which form case law. All 27 members of the EU are bound by this, but Britain, outside the EU, is not.
What is ECR law?
Common Market Law Reports. European Court Reports (ECR) was the form of citation for the official published series which has cases from 1954 to 2011. (The full title of the series was much longer: the last manifestation Reports of cases before the Court of Justice and the General Court).
How do I find a name and citation of a case?
Every legal case citation has two basic parts, separated by a comma. The first part contains the case name. The second part contains case citation information: the year of the decision, the law reporter(s), and the name of the court where the case was tried.
Does ECJ have jurisdiction in UK?
From the start of 2021 the ECJ’s jurisdiction over the UK came to an end, as the Brexit transition period formally came to an end. When hailing the deal, reached on December 24, 2020, Boris Johnson said: “We have taken back control of laws and our destiny…
Is the ECJ a Supreme Court?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, French: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law.
Can the ECJ overrule national courts?
The ECJ is the highest court of the European Union in matters of Union law, but not national law. It is not possible to appeal against the decisions of national courts in the ECJ, but rather national courts refer questions of EU law to the ECJ.
When did the European Court of Justice remove the ECR?
Removed from the register on 20 November 1991, Kalavros / Court of Justice (C-46/91 P) ECLI:EU:C:1991:433 C-47/91 Judgment of 30 June 1992, Italy / Commission (C-47/91, ECR 1992 p.
What is EU case-law?
EU case-law is made up of judgments from the European Union’s Court of Justice, which interpret EU legislation.
What was the ECLI number for the 1997 European Court of Justice?
I-2943) ECLI:EU:C:1996:238 C-304/94 Judgment of 25 June 1997, Tombesi and others (C-304/94, C-330/94 and C-342/94 and C-224/95, ECR 1997 p. I-3561) ECLI:EU:C:1997:314
What was the ECR case c-236/92?
C-236/92 Judgment of 23 February 1994, Comitato di coordinamento per la difesa della Cava and others / Regione Lombardia and others (C-236/92, ECR 1994 p. I-483) ECLI:EU:C:1994:60 C-237/92 Höper / Commission (C-237/92) ECLI:EU:C:1993:575, see Case T-201/93