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24 févr. 2026

Role of Heads of State and Government in EU

Essay - 6 pages - European law

The European Council defines the Union's general political orientations. Heads of state and government play a major role in EU decision-making and policy.

15 févr. 2026

Rethinking EU Competition Policy: From Internal Market Tool to Instrument of Strategic Sovereignty

Essay - 4 pages - European law

Discover how the European Union's competition policy is evolving to ensure strategic autonomy and resilience in a rapidly changing global economic landscape. Learn about the EU's efforts to modernize its competition rules, integrating non-economic objectives like ecological transition and...

10 janv. 2026

Direct Effect and Autonomy of European Union Law

Essay - 4 pages - European law

The direct effect is a fundamental principle of European Union law that has contributed to its autonomy. The ECJ has played a crucial role in establishing this principle through landmark judgments.

12 déc. 2025

EU Law State Aid Control Procedure

Essay - 2 pages - European law

Discover how European Union law ensures control over State aid through a detailed outline of the procedure for controlling State aid.

23 nov. 2025

EU Fundamental Rights Protection

Essay - 6 pages - European law

The European Union's evolution in protecting fundamental rights, from its origins to the establishment of key mechanisms and charters.

16 oct. 2025

EU Competences and Member State Sovereignty

Essay - 2 pages - European law

The EU operates on attributed competences, with member states retaining sovereignty, particularly in areas like defense and taxation.

24 sept. 2025

EU Competition Law: Anti-Competitive Agreements

Essay - 3 pages - European law

This document outlines the EU's regulations on anti-competitive agreements, their impact on the internal market, and the conditions for exemption under Article 101§3 of the TFEU.

23 sept. 2025

EU Competition Policy Against Anti-Competitive Agreements

Essay - 3 pages - European law

The European Union's competition policy aims to ensure a fair internal market and protect consumers from anti-competitive practices. The European Commission plays a central role in detecting and repressing such agreements.

23 sept. 2025

EU Anti-Competitive State Aid Control Framework

Essay - 3 pages - European law

The European Union's legal framework for controlling anti-competitive state aid, based on European treaties and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

17 sept. 2025

EU Freedom of Movement and Residence Rights

Essay - 1 pages - European law

Discover how the EU legal framework protects European citizens' freedom of movement and residence, and the challenges in its practical implementation.

22 avril 2024

How EU law has tried to enhance the free movement of services ? What problems have arisen ?

Essay - 3 pages - European law

"Services constitute the engine of economic growth and account for 70% of GPD and employment in most Member States". This observation is the rationale behind the introduction of the Services Directive. Indeed, since 2006, the European Union has recognised that services represent the largest part...

16 avril 2023

Investment law - The reinforcement of the control of foreign investments by the European Union

Essay - 4 pages - European law

How do the European Union's reinforced measures for controlling foreign investments, including the EU FDI (Foreign direct investment) Screening Regulation, national investment screening mechanisms, and increased scrutiny on state-owned enterprises, impact the attractiveness of the EU market...

03 févr. 2011
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The right to strike in Europe

Essay - 9 pages - European law

'A strike is the name given to a collective movement conducted at the initiative of all or part of the staff of a company, usually intended to compel employers to negotiate working conditions and pay (Law Dictionary). The right to strike presupposes that there is a contract of employment....

29 sept. 2010
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Primacy / Supremacy of European Community Law against Sovereignty of the Member States

Essay - 25 pages - European law

Today the European Union (EU) consists of 27 Member States; it reaches from the Atlantic coast of Western Europe all the way to the Black Sea of Eastern Europe. In the European Union, the most important and closest collaboration between the Member States happens via the European Community (EC)....

29 sept. 2010
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The application of the European Arrest Warrant in the United Kingdom and its use in the fight against terrorism.

Essay - 6 pages - European law

The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is a judicial decision issued by a Member State with a view to the arrest and surrender by another Member State of a requested person, for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution or executing a custodial sentence or detention order.' The EAW is...

29 sept. 2010
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The Law Reform Committee Essay: Murder (Rethinking the Mandatory Life Sentence)

Essay - 5 pages - European law

Sir Edward Coke stated in the Third Part of his Institutes that "of all felonies, murder is the most heinous". As such, murder has always received the most severe punishment the law could give; a law of King Canute stated that Aberemord 'caedes manifestae' was punishable by death without...

29 sept. 2010
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Criminal law : consent

Essay - 4 pages - European law

In criminal law, there exists a defense of consent. Within this defense, there is a general rule that a person cannot consent to his being caused actual bodily harm. No one can ever lawfully consent to his own death-R v Young . This opens the debate on issues related to euthanasia, illustrated in...

29 sept. 2010
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"The concept of the Rule of Law as defined by Dicey still remains valid : it provides a measure against which we can judge the attitudes and actions of Parliament, Government and the courts"

Essay - 5 pages - European law

The rule of law is often expounded as a pillar of the English Constitution. It was described by Lord Bingham as "the second great rock on which [Dicey?s] constitutional edifice was founded". It was referred to as a statute for the first time, in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, as an "existing...

29 sept. 2010
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The role of the ECJ's (European Court of Justice) : the consumer who is reasonably well-informed and reasonably observant and circumspect

Essay - 14 pages - European law

The legal term of the “average consumer” was created by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to protect the average consumer against unfair commercial practises. After the Second War World, many states were indeed inspired by Keynes's theory that aimed at division of resources and...

29 sept. 2010
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What are the main differences between the civil and the common law systems ?

Essay - 5 pages - European law

The majority of legal authors divide the legal systems of the world into two mains groups : the common law on one hand, and the civil law on the other hand . The most interesting is that when you try to find definitions for those words, you often find the basic definition, and then, as a...

29 sept. 2010
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The European Union Court of Justice is more relevant for the advance of the EU political unity than the Commission and the Parliament' - Discuss

Essay - 4 pages - European law

The European Union's political role has been a big issue among the main theoriticians of the European Union. The place of the European Parliament and the Commission in the process toward political unity is obvious. The Commission, as the institution which has the power for an initiative, can...

29 sept. 2010
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Is the European Commission more or less powerful than it should be?

Essay - 4 pages - European law

The resignation en bloc of the Jacques Santer Commission, a few months ago, after charges of nepotism and mismanagement against some of its members, including Edith Cresson and Manuel Marín, has cast discredit on an institution that has already been much criticized in the past, portrayed as a...

29 sept. 2010
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The New Constitutionalism

Essay - 5 pages - European law

This essay is divided in two parts. In the first section, we will describe the influence of the European court of Justice on the evolution as observed by Weiler. In the latter half of the essay, we will try to view this theory from a critical bent of mind and relate this concept as an...

29 sept. 2010
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Critically evaluate the impact upon EC jurisprudence and legislation of the judgement of the European Court of Justice in REWE Zentral AG Bundesmonopolverwaltung fur Branntwein "Cassis de Dijon"

Essay - 7 pages - European law

Article 28 (ex-30) of the EC Treaty is one of the major principles governing the achievement in establishing the common market. It lays out a strong principle that imposes quantitative restrictions on imports and that all measures having equivalent effect will be prohibited between member states....

31 mars 2006
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'The European Union Court of Justice is more relevant for the advance of the EU political unity than the Commission and the Parliament' - Discuss - publihed: 31/03/2006

Essay - 4 pages - European law

Its political role has being a big issue between the main theoricians of the European Union. The place of the European Parliament and the Commission in the process toward political unity is more obvious. The Commission, as the institution who has the power of initiative, can play a large role in...

26 mai 2002

Under which conditions can the European Parliament decide legislative outcomes?

Essay - 5 pages - European law

As any national parliament, the European Parliament's role is mainly a legislative one even if, as opposed to national assemblies, it does not possess the exclusivity of the power to establish and vote the law. The development of the power of the Parliament belongs to a logic of increasing...

25 févr. 2002

The precautionary principle and its consequences upon the community legal order: gmos and bse

Essay - 28 pages - European law

Concentrating on the expression itself it is clear that the word "principle? implies a peculiar importance given to the "precaution?. It is to say that the principle of precaution is a principle of law, even if it is not clear how and where this scope has been given: some would say in Treaties,...