The Relevance of the Network Approach to European Case Law

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-124
Author(s):  
Urška Šadl ◽  
Fabien Tarissan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
Citation Network ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Legal Structures ◽  
The Law

The chapter argues that the network approach is a viable methodology in legal empirical research, which can be used to study the case law of the Court of Justice. To demonstrate this potential, the chapter: first, shows how to obtain detailed information about the law from the citation network; second, it illustrates how to assess the legal relevance of cases by looking at case citations; and, third, it explores how to infer the doctrinal influence of selected landmark cases. All examples adapt different citation network tools to the study of legal structures and legal discourse which can focus, frame, support, and guide doctrinal analysis.

scholarly journals FORCED TAX COLLECTION PROCEEDINGS IN BRAZIL: AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL LAW NO. 6,830

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Bruno Fernandes Dias
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
The Third ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
Debt Collection ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of

In Brazil, despite there being specific legislation regulating forced tax collection proceedings, these are still largely influenced by case law of national courts. We are now living in the third decade of Federal Law No. 6,830, promulgated in 1980, which aimed to guarantee greater privileges to the treasury in the course of the debt collection saga. However, the many loopholes and lacunae gaping throughout the text have left all stakeholders – government, taxpayers and judges – somewhat exasperated. Part II of this Paper analyzes the main features of forced tax collection proceedings: registration of the tax liability, presumption of liquidity and certainty; definition of “responsible” persons in terms of the law; collateralization and challenges to the debt; and the tax liability vis-à-vis other debts. A brief look is given to other pieces of procedural legislation related to tax disputes, most importantly the suits for a writ of mandamus; actions for restoration of undue payments, and actions for annulment. Finally, summaries of case law of the Superior Court of Justice are considered. These form an essential part of Brazilian sources of case law, most especially in tax proceedings.

scholarly journals FORCED TAX COLLECTION PROCEEDINGS IN BRAZIL: AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL LAW NO. 6,830

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Bruno Fernandes Dias
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
The Third ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
Debt Collection ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of

In Brazil, despite there being specific legislation regulating forced tax collection proceedings, these are still largely influenced by case law of national courts. We are now living in the third decade of Federal Law No. 6,830, promulgated in 1980, which aimed to guarantee greater privileges to the treasury in the course of the debt collection saga. However, the many loopholes and lacunae gaping throughout the text have left all stakeholders – government, taxpayers and judges – somewhat exasperated. Part II of this Paper analyzes the main features of forced tax collection proceedings: registration of the tax liability, presumption of liquidity and certainty; definition of “responsible” persons in terms of the law; collateralization and challenges to the debt; and the tax liability vis-à-vis other debts. A brief look is given to other pieces of procedural legislation related to tax disputes, most importantly the suits for a writ of mandamus; actions for restoration of undue payments, and actions for annulment. Finally, summaries of case law of the Superior Court of Justice are considered. These form an essential part of Brazilian sources of case law, most especially in tax proceedings.

6. The Practical Working of the Law of Treaties

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Law

This chapter examines key structural questions and fundamental problems relating to the law of treaties. These structural matters include: the concept of a treaty; the anatomy of treaties (including the making of treaties; authority to conclude treaties; expression of consent to be bound; invalidity of treaties (non-absolute grounds for invalidity of treaties, absolute grounds for invalidity of treaties, amendment, and modification); suspension and termination). The key issues addressed include the scope of legal obligation (the principle pacta sunt servanda, treaties, and third States); interpretation and reservation to treaties (including interpretative declarations); and finally, problems concerning the grounds for termination (supervening impossibility and material breach). The chapter also considers the theory and practice of the law of treaties, with broad analysis of the case law of various international courts and tribunals, with special emphasis on jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.

scholarly journals FORCED TAX COLLECTION PROCEEDINGS IN BRAZIL: AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL LAW NO. 6,830

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-285
Author(s):  
Bruno Fernandes Dias
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Tax Collection ◽  
The Third ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
Debt Collection ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of

In Brazil, despite there being specific legislation regulating forced tax collection proceedings, these are still largely influenced by case law of national courts. We are now living in the third decade of Federal Law No. 6,830, promulgated in 1980, which aimed to guarantee greater privileges to the treasury in the course of the debt collection saga. However, the many loopholes and lacunae gaping throughout the text have left all stakeholders – government, taxpayers and judges – somewhat exasperated. Part II of this Paper analyzes the main features of forced tax collection proceedings: registration of the tax liability, presumption of liquidity and certainty; definition of “responsible” persons in terms of the law; collateralization and challenges to the debt; and the tax liability vis-à-vis other debts. A brief look is given to other pieces of procedural legislation related to tax disputes, most importantly the suits for a writ of mandamus; actions for restoration of undue payments, and actions for annulment. Finally, summaries of case law of the Superior Court of Justice are considered. These form an essential part of Brazilian sources of case law, most especially in tax proceedings.

Part III Observance and Application of Treaties, 16 The European Courts and the Law of Treaties: The Continuing Story

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuijper Pieter Jan
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Vienna Convention ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Treaty Interpretation ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Eu

This chapter presents a critical analysis of the case law of the European Court of Justice and of the General Court relating to the application of the international law of treaties. It covers the some forty cases in which the Courts have referred explicitly to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969, and a few more where this happened implicitly, during the period 1998–2010. Inevitably the emphasis falls on the application of the rules of treaty interpretation to the international agreements concluded by the European Union (EU), but also to the founding treaties of the EU itself. The Courts have been confronted with great regularity with questions relating to the law of treaties and thus have become increasingly sophisticated in their use of it. The recent accusation that the Court is adverse to international law seems to be based on a few dramatic cases, not on the steady stream of smaller cases in which the law of treaties plays a role.

scholarly journals Doctrine of methods of interpretation of legal norms formed in the case law of the Court of Justice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. Kaminska
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
Theological Method ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
Domestic Sources ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Eu

The doctrinal approaches to the definition of methods and principles of interpretation of legal norms applied by the Court of Justice of the EU are analyzed. The traditional and special methods of interpretation inherent in integration justice are singled out. The dynamics of changes in the approaches to the interpretation of legal norms in the decisions of the Court of Justice of the EU after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty is described. Scientific approaches to defining the concept of interpretation of legal norms contained in domestic sources are analyzed. Foreign sources on the methods of interpretation of the law by the Court of Justice of the EU have been studied. The article analyzes several European publications written at different times before the signing of the Lisbon Treaty and established, which primarily draws attention to authors who have subjected the theological method of interpretation, and very few sources that influence the justification of methods or principles of their application by the Court. It can be concluded that the tendency of European scholars to emphasize the importance of the theological method of interpretation was related to their views on the constitutional nature of the Treaties and legal considerations about the need to adopt the EU Constitution. Such conclusions correlate with the limited jurisdiction of the Court of Justice, as before the signing of the Lisbon Treaty not all provisions of secondary legislation were interpretable (in particular, visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to the movement of persons). on the constitutionality of the Treaties, although their form and content have become even more similar to constitutional acts, without losing a clear functional statement of provisions. Since then, the case law of the Court of Justice has been characterized by a variety of methods of interpretation, and European doctrine by publications that have re-substantiated the system of methods and paid more attention to their detailed analysis, making each of these methods autonomous and collectively interchangeable.

scholarly journals Unregistered industrial design: protection in the European Union and the problem of trolling in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Yurii Kapitsa
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Design Protection

Kapitsa Y. Unregistered industrial design: protection in the European Union and the problem of trolling in Ukraine. The article considers a new provisions concerning unregistered industrial design (hereinafter — UD), introduced by the Law of Ukraine № 815-IX of 21.07.2020.There is an incomplete reflection in the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine and in the adopted Law of the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs, in particular the lack of implementation of Art. 85 (2) of the Regulation concerning the conditions under which courts consider UD to be valid; and the rulings of the Court of Justice that the right holder must provide evidence that the UD was copied by a third party, Case C-345/13 etc.This may result in trolling in Ukraine with the use of UD to prohibit the use of known products or products created independently, bypassing trademarks.It is actual to:• provide amendments to the Law of Ukraine «On protection of rights to industrial designs» concerning the provisions of Art. 85 (2) of Regulation № 6/2002 and the case law of the Court of Justice;• extend the competence of the Appeals Chamber to cases concerning the recognition of UD as invalid;• amend the Law as well Art. 139, 140 of the Code of Civil Procedure of Ukraine and Art. 151, 153 of the Economic and Procedural Code of Ukraine regarding the provisions of Art. 50 TRIPS which stipulates that judicial authorities shall have the authority to require the applicant to provide any reasonably available evidence in order to satisfy themselves with a sufficient degree of certainty that the applicant is the right holder and that the applicant’s right is being infringed or that such infringement is imminent.There is a danger of partial approximation not to the whole EU acquis governing the protection of relevant IP rights which may result in the difficulty of applying implemented provisions of EU acts and developing national case law which could contradict EU case law.Key words: unregistered industrial design, protection of intellectual property rights, approximation of legislation, trolling

Interlocking Legal Orders in the European Union and Comparative Law

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Lenaerts
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
External Observer ◽  
Community Law ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
Court Of First Instance ◽  
Community Courts

Even if an external observer who takes an interest in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities may not have such an impression at first sight, comparative law plays a central role in the activities of these courts. It means much more than simply looking at solutions given to certain problems in the legal orders of the Member States. As a former president of the Court of Justice rightly observed, recourse to comparative law is for the Court of Justice essentially a method of interpretation of Community law itself.1 For the Court of Justice and the CFI (below often referred to as ‘Community judge’ or ‘Community courts’), it is one method amongst other methods of interpretation of the law (such as literal, exegetic, historical, systematic interpretation) and it constitutes a tool for establishing the law.2

Partial Eclipse of Union Citizenship: From Grzelczyk to Dano

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Baquero Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Member States ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Union Citizenship ◽  
The Law

This chapter looks at Union citizenship, the obvious choice when looking for a substantive area in which to test the state of health of the law of integration. The chapter analyses how the citizenship case law of the Court of Justice has tried to find a reasonable balance between solidarity and the territorial character of the welfare systems of the Member States, how that balance seems to have been modified with the judgment in the Dano case, as a result of the contemporary pressures on integration, and the reasons behind that decision.

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