The European Court of Justice and international courts / Tobias Lock.
2015
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Author
Title
The European Court of Justice and international courts / Tobias Lock.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Number
KJE5461 .L63 2015
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199660476 (hb ; alk. paper)
0199660476
9780191748271 (electronic bk.)
0191748277 (electronic bk.)
0199660476
9780191748271 (electronic bk.)
0191748277 (electronic bk.)
Description
xxxii, 266 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)905684941
Note
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2009) issued under title: Das Verhältnis zwischen dem EuGH und internationalen Gerichten.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Table of Cases
xiii
Table of International and European Legal Materials
xxv
List of Abbreviations
xxxi
ch. 1
Introduction
1
I.
Aim of this Book
1
II.
Basic Theoretical Assumptions
2
III.
Defining International Courts
5
IV.
Background: The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals
7
A.
development of international adjudication: from humble beginnings to the proliferation of international courts
7
B.
potential dangers of proliferation
12
ch. 2
Relationship between International Courts
25
I.
Introduction
25
II.
Conflicts of Jurisdiction
25
A.
Characterizing conflicts of jurisdiction
26
B.
Solving conflicts of jurisdiction
32
III.
Parallel Proceedings
58
A.
Res judicata
58
B.
Lis alibi pendens
63
C.
Forum non conveniens?
68
IV.
Conclusion
70
ch. 3
Court of Justice and International Courts: Jurisdictional and Procedural Issues
74
I.
Introduction
74
II.
Two Faces of the CJEU
75
III.
Exclusive Jurisdiction of the CJEU: Basic Tenets
77
A.
autonomy of the European Union's legal order
77
B.
Autonomy and the CJEU's jurisdiction
80
C.
Conclusions
91
IV.
Exclusive Jurisdiction of the CJEU over EU Agreements
92
A.
conclusion of international agreements by the EU
92
B.
CJEU's jurisdiction over EU agreements
100
C.
MOX Plant case: the exclusivity of the Court's jurisdiction and the duty of cooperation
114
D.
Interpretation of non-directly effective agreements
127
E.
Jurisdiction over agreements not concluded by the EU
129
V.
Further Limitations resulting from the Court's Exclusive Jurisdiction
134
A.
right of member states to bring cases against third countries
135
B.
Intra-EU BITs and the jurisdiction of the CJEU
137
VI.
Limits and Exceptions to the Court's Exclusive Jurisdiction
142
A.
Applying CILFIT
143
B.
Excluding European Union Law as applicable law
147
C.
Judicial disconnection clauses
148
VII.
Duty to Respect the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Court
151
A.
Lack of legal capacity to submit a dispute?
151
B.
Prohibition to interfere with other legal orders?
153
C.
Abuse of rights
155
D.
Application of lex specialis?
157
E.
Lack of a legitimate interest in bringing proceedings
159
VIII.
Conclusion
165
ch. 4
Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights: A Special Relationship
167
I.
Current Relationship
167
A.
ECHR's position in the EU legal order
168
B.
CJEU as another procedure of international investigation or settlement?
188
C.
Member state responsibility under the ECHR for violations rooted in EU law
190
D.
Endorsement of the CJEU by the ECtHR
212
E.
(silent) cooperation between the two European courts: comity in action
215
II.
Future Relationship after an Accession by the EU to the ECHR
218
A.
Strasbourg's new jurisdiction over EU actions and omissions
219
B.
formal link between the two courts: prior involvement of the CJEU
220
C.
implications of Protocol 16 to the ECHR
226
D.
Inter-party complaints and the CJEU's exclusive jurisdiction
228
E.
future of the Bosphorus case law
235
F.
Will Strasbourg's decisions bind the CJEU?
236
G.
Conclusion: more deference by the CJEU?
238
III.
Conclusion
241
Bibliography
243
Index
261