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The New East European Constitutional Courts, Herman Schwartz Jan 1992

The New East European Constitutional Courts, Herman Schwartz

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article will describe some aspects of the different tribunals in Russia, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania, and will compare them with each other and with the U.S. Supreme Court. The first part will begin by explaining a few basic differences between the American and Continental systems of judicial review, and will then describe the functions of the new East European constitutional courts. The second part will use the decisions of the new Russian Constitutional Court to illustrate the new courts' exercise of authority, and will summarize the recent activities of a few other new constitutional courts.


The Role Of The Court Of Justice In The Implementation Of The Single European Act, Michel Waelbroeck Jan 1990

The Role Of The Court Of Justice In The Implementation Of The Single European Act, Michel Waelbroeck

Michigan Journal of International Law

This paper will begin by evoking the judicial achievements obtained on the eve of the enactment of the Single European Act. Next, it will explain the innovations introduced by the Single European Act, and emphasize the divergent interpretations that they are likely to receive. Then, the author will modestly strive to express several personal suggestions for a solution, as an external observer.


Constitutional Developments In The European Community And The Impact Of The Single European Market After 1992, F. G. Jacobs Jan 1990

Constitutional Developments In The European Community And The Impact Of The Single European Market After 1992, F. G. Jacobs

Michigan Journal of International Law

The Single European Act, by its amendments to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, seeks to achieve by the end of 1992 an internal market comprising an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the treaty. To this end, a very substantial amount of new legislation is being enacted in the form of Council Regulations and Directives, currently estimated at some 279 separate measures, many of which will also need implementing legislation in the Member States.


Coherence And The European Court Of Human Rights: The Adjudicative Background To The Soering Case, Colin Warbrick Jan 1990

Coherence And The European Court Of Human Rights: The Adjudicative Background To The Soering Case, Colin Warbrick

Michigan Journal of International Law

On January 1, 1990, the Eighth Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights came into force. This Protocol makes some amendments to the structure and procedure set out in the Convention itself. The need for reform was created by the increasing workload of the institutions, which had reached such a level that the backlog of applications before the Commission would have continued to increase at a greater rate than the Commission's capacity to dispose of them. There are several reasons for this overwhelming burden. The acceptances by States of the right of individual application under article 25 have been …