Next Webex Meeting 07.05.2020 at 13:00
Dear Students
In the next meeting on Thursday at 13:00 (I will open the session already at 12:50)
https://unito.webex.com/unito-en/j.php?MTID=m3a2ca6f888bc6e51d0ddcc7d372b4682
Meeting number: 840 917 382
Password: JVbTXXT3f42
Please read the following material and think about the following questions in preparation for the class:
What does the principle of primacy of EU law mean?
How does the Court reach the conclusion that EU law has the character of primacy over national law?
What should national courts do national norms which conflict with EU law?
What is the importance of the Simmenthal case?
What was decided in Melloni regarding the primacy of EU law?
Was it easy for the German Constitutional Court to accepts the primacy of EU law over German Law?
Did the German Constitutional Court accept the primacy of EU law, and under what conditions?
The reading materials for the session are
Primacy
Case 6/64: Costa v ENEL
Case C-106/77: Simmenthal
Case C-399/11, Melloni v. Fiscal
Reception of Primacy in Domestic Law
German Constitutional Court: Solange I (read only the Headnote: one paragraph)
http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/centers/transnational/work_new/german/case.php?id=588
German Constitutional Court: Solange II (read only paragraph no. 2 of the Headnotes)
http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/centers/transnational/work_new/german/case.php?id=572
Enjoy your reading
Looking forward to see you on Thursday
Keep healthy
Iris Canor
- Principles of Constitutional Law (A-L) (GIU0748)