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Special Project, Harold V. Morgan, Jr. Editor In Chief
Special Project, Harold V. Morgan, Jr. Editor In Chief
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Of the institutions common to the European Communities, probably none has had greater impact on European integration than the Court of Justice. Throughout its case law, the Court has consistently emphasized the federal character of Community law and the secondary importance of national law of the Member States in areas covered by the establishing treaties. Especially in recent years as economic expansion has slowed and Member States have reverted to national rather than federal solutions to fiscal and political dilemmas, the Court remains the most forceful exponent and practitioner of the Common Market and European policy.
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The Community Court And Supremacy Of Community Law: A Progress Report, Peter Hay, Vicki Thompson
The Community Court And Supremacy Of Community Law: A Progress Report, Peter Hay, Vicki Thompson
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The dedication of an annual issue of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities is an appropriate tribute to the significant contribution of the Community Court to the integration of the European Communities. The Court of Justice is perhaps the most remarkable and successful of the common institutions (Council, Commission, Parliament, and Court), which the process of European integration has produced thus far. The Communities--Common Market, Coal and Steel Community, and Euratom--have been beset by numerous political and economic problems; integration beyond the original Treaties, and sometimes within …