LSJ 367 Lecture 13: European Court of Justice & Theories of Legal Integration

• School: UW
• Department: Law, Societies, and Justice
• Course: LSJ 367
• Professor: Cichowski Rachel

Document Summary

Lesson thirteen | european court of justice and theories of legal integration. Ex: european court of human rights; european court of justice (cid:9675) (cid:9675) The court of justice of the eu & the eu legal system. Overview of eu institutions and processes (cid:9675) (cid:9675) (cid:9675) (cid:9675) Council of ministers - represents state interests (germany, france, uk, etc. ) Mep - members of the european parliament (cid:9633) The court of justice of the eu (ecj) - ensures uniform interpretation of eu law. Council of ministers is dominant, but overtime ep has gained more powers (cid:9633) State"s interests are more important (cid:8226) (cid:8226) (cid:8226) (cid:8226) (cid:8226) (cid:8226) (cid:9675) (cid:9675) (cid:9675) (cid:9675) Makes sense since states do not want to give up their sovereignty to some international organization. Negative - gets rid of national barriers to intra-community trade (e. g. no tariffs on imports from eu countries) Positive - construction of common eu policies (e. g. environmental protection; social provisions)