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The EFTA Court Ten Years On

Name: The EFTA Court
Brand: Hart Publishing
SKU: 9781841135694
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Hart Publishing August 2005

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781841135694
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Publication: August 2005
Format: Hardback , 224 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the EFTA Court held a conference at which speakers were asked to reflect on the case law of the Court and its role in the European Economic Area (EEA). In the course of its work, the Court has acted as a driving force of integration under the EEA Agreement, by establishing general principles such as state liability and giving landmark judgments in several areas of European law.

The essays in this volume, by leading experts and high-ranking representatives of national and European courts, cover areas such as the relationship between the principle of free movement and national or collective preferences on the EU/EEA and WTO levels, the relationship between the European courts and the Member States in European integration, homogeneity as a general principle of European integration, and the importance of judicial dialogue.

In this regard, the sentence from President Skouris of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, who called the dialogue between the EFTA Court and the EC Court

About the Author

Carl Baudenbacher is the President of the EFTA Court and Professor of European Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Per Tresselt was Director General in the Legal Department of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and Ambassador to Berlin, and then Moscow, before becoming a Judge of the EFTA Court.
Thorgeir Örlygsson was a Judge in the City Court of Reykjavík, Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Iceland, and then Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Iceland before becoming a Judge of the EFTA Court.

Reviews

…a useful overview of ten years experience with the court, its case law, the relevance of the case law of the Community courts, and its co-operation with the national courts of the EFTA states…
Ulf Sverdrup
European Law Books
April 2006