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The European Court of Justice has historically been an important driver of integration in the EU by performing judicial activism. 〔 Bache, Ian and Stephen George (2006). Politics in the European Union, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press〕 〔 critical on talking about "judicial activsim" in regard to the ECJ: Andreas Grimmel (2011). Integration and the Context of Law: Why the European Court of Justice is not a Political Actor. In: Les cahiers européens de Sciences Po, n° 03/2011 http://www.cee.sciences-po.fr/en/publications/les-cahiers-europeens/2011/doc/388/raw〕 ==Cases== In the Cassis de Dijon Case, the European Court of Justice ruled the German laws prohibiting sales of liquors with alcohol percentages between 15% and 25% conflicted with EU laws. This ruling confirmed that EU law has primacy over member-state law.〔EUabc – Cassis de Djion case: http://en.euabc.com/word/140〕 When the treaties are unclear, they leave room for the Court to interpret them in different ways. When EU treaties are negotiated, it is difficult to get all governments to agree on a clear set of laws. In order to get a compromise, governments agree to leave a decision on an issue to the Court. 〔 Bache, Ian and Stephen George (2006). Politics in the European Union, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press〕 The Court can only practice judicial activism to the extent the EU Governments leave room for interpretation in the treaties.〔Moravcsik, A. (2002) ‘In defense of the democratic deficit: reassessing legitimacy in the European Union’ Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol 40, Issue 4 〕 The Court makes important rulings that set the agenda for further EU integration, but it cannot happen without the consensual support of the member-states.〔Moravcsik, A. (2002) ‘In defense of the democratic deficit: reassessing legitimacy in the European Union’ Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol 40, Issue 4 〕 The most recent case of judicial activism of the European Court of Justice is the Metock case which determined that the strict Danish and Irish immigration laws conflict with EU laws.〔Metock case brings down Danish immigration laws http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3457〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Judicial activism in the European Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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