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The Principle of Legal Certainty in EC Law

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  1. Juha Raitio
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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 64)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxxvi
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  2. EC, History, Integration, EC Law, Legal Certainty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introductory Remarks

      • Juha Raitio
      Pages 3-14

    3. Some Remarks About the History of the European Community

      • Juha Raitio
      Pages 15-58

    4. Conclusions: Remarks about Theories of Integration, European Community and EC Law

      • Juha Raitio
      Pages 59-80

  3. EC Law, Principles of EC Law, General Principles, Legal Certainty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. The Sources, Objectives and Principles of EC Law

      • Juha Raitio
      Pages 83-123

    3. Legal Certainty in the Framework of Other General Principles of EC Law

      • Juha Raitio
      Pages 125-186

    4. The Principle of Legal Certainty Based on the Case Law of the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance

      • Juha Raitio
      Pages 187-263

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 389-401
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About this book

The intertwinement of EC law and national law may create unforeseeability in situations where EC law invades the national cases, which gives rise to the very question of legal certainty in EC law. This study contributes to the contemporary discussion, which wrestles with the following questions in particular:

- What have been the visions and objectives for European integration in the last decades?
- How to describe European Union as a political entity and a legal system?
- What is the relationship between legal certainty, rule of law, various general principles and human rights?
- What is the core of legal certainty on the basis of the case study?
- What kind of legal arguments and patterns of justification are there from a comparative perspective?
- How has the term 'legal certainty' been defined in the Nordic legal theory?
- How predictable and acceptable are the interpretations of the European Court of Justice - is it "running wild"?

Legal certainty relates to the principle of non-retroactivity and the protection of legitimate expectations in particular, but more profoundly it can be related to the conceptual scale for weighing up and balancing between formal justice and material fairness in legal decision-making. This scale is illustrated by presenting the terms 'formal', 'factual' and 'substantive' legal certainty.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Principle of Legal Certainty in EC Law

  • Authors: Juha Raitio

  • Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0353-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1217-4Published: 31 July 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6264-2Published: 23 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0353-6Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4395

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXXVI, 401

  • Topics: Philosophy of Law, Political Science, Philosophy, general, Public International Law

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