Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice Rethinking the Landmark Decisions of the Foundational Period
Book contents
- Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice
- Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- European Court of Justice Cases
- Preamble and Selected Provisions of the Treaty of Rome
- Equivalence Table of Treaty Articles
- Introduction
- 1 Pork Products, 1961
- 2 Van Gend en Loos, 1963
- 3 Costa v. ENEL, 1964
- 4 Dairy Products, 1964
- 5 International Fruit, 1972
- 6 Van Duyn, 1974
- 7 Simmenthal, 1978
- 8 Sheep Meat, 1979
- 9 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft, 1970
- 10 States and Individuals in the Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice, 1961–1979
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Van Duyn, 1974
Direct Effect of Directives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2020
Book contents
- Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice
- Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- European Court of Justice Cases
- Preamble and Selected Provisions of the Treaty of Rome
- Equivalence Table of Treaty Articles
- Introduction
- 1 Pork Products, 1961
- 2 Van Gend en Loos, 1963
- 3 Costa v. ENEL, 1964
- 4 Dairy Products, 1964
- 5 International Fruit, 1972
- 6 Van Duyn, 1974
- 7 Simmenthal, 1978
- 8 Sheep Meat, 1979
- 9 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft, 1970
- 10 States and Individuals in the Great Judgments of the European Court of Justice, 1961–1979
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter discusses the Court’s 1974 judgment, Van Duyn, where the Court declared that provisions of Directives could enjoy direct effect in the national legal order. This judgment is often recognized as the landmark judgment on the ‘direct effect of Directives’, and remains a controversial decision. This chapter demonstrates that the direct effect of Directives was a logical consequence of the Court’s use of direct effect as a substitute for inter-state retaliation, and shows that this understanding of the direct effect of Directives can be found in the early writings of judge Lecourt.
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- Great Judgments of the European Court of JusticeRethinking the Landmark Decisions of the Foundational Period, pp. 152 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019