The Laval and Viking Cases
The Laval and Viking Cases

Author: Roger Blanpain

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9041128506

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in this book nineteen labour law scholars present country reports detailing challenges and consequences of the rulings evident in twelve EU Member States, as well as in Norway and Russia. Among many others, the salient issues covered include the following: cross-border solidarity among workers; collective action as a fundamental freedom; the prospects for an EU minimum wage plan; the 'social partners' approach to national labour law; the harmonisation of social security standards; and the scope of enforcement by Member State labour regulatory authorities.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Viking and Laval Cases in the Ecj
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Viking and Laval Cases in the Ecj

Author: A. C. L. Davies

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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This article analyses the judgements of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Case C-438/05 International Transport Workers' Federation and Finnish Seamen's Union v Viking Line (Judgement 11 December 2007) and Case C-341/05 Laval v Svenska Byggnadsarbetarefouml;rbundet (Judgement 18 December 2007). In these cases, the ECJ held that where industrial action infringes an employer's free movement rights under Article 43 EC (freedom of establishment) and Article 49 EC (freedom to provide services), respectively, these Treaty provisions can have horizontal direct effect against the unions organizing the action. Unions may defend themselves against these claims by asserting a right to strike (which the Court recognized as a fundamental right within Community law) but only where they are acting proportionately in the exercise of that right. The article explores the key elements of the ECJ's decisions on direct effect, fundamental rights and proportionality, and draws out some of the implications of these cases for English law.

Reconciling Fundamental Social Rights and Economic Freedoms After Viking, Laval and Rüffert
Reconciling Fundamental Social Rights and Economic Freedoms After Viking, Laval and Rüffert

Author: Andreas Bücker

Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 9783832959876

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The Viking - Laval - Ruffert judgments have triggered - more than almost any other jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU - a debate about the balance between economic freedoms and fundamental social rights. It is expected to take a long period to establish consensus about a new equilibrium. This book provides a positive contribution to this debate. In the light of the new situation brought about by the Lisbon Treaty - i.e. the strengthening of fundamental rights and the forthcoming EU accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - the book develops and contemplates the concept of a cooperative structure of national, supranational, and international courts and actors. Country reports analyze the consequences of the Viking - Laval - Ruffert decisions on national levels with regard to legal and policy issues. Thereafter, approaches and principles aimed at protecting fundamental social rights and facilitating a process of inter-court dialogue and cooperation are developed, and suggestions for political guidelines on balancing economic freedoms and fundamental social rights are presented.

EU Citizenship and Federalism
EU Citizenship and Federalism

Author: Dimitry Kochenov

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-04-13

Total Pages: 869

ISBN-13: 1108146112

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Kochenov's definitive collection examines the under-utilised potential of EU citizenship, proposing and defending its position as a systemic element of EU law endowed with foundational importance. Leading experts in EU constitutional law scrutinise the internal dynamics in the triad of EU citizenship, citizenship rights and the resulting vertical delimitation of powers in Europe, analysing the far-reaching constitutional implications. Linking the constitutional question of federalism and citizenship, the volume establishes an innovative new framework where these rights become agents and rationales of European integration and legal change, located beyond the context of the internal market and free movement. It maps the role of citizenship in this shifting landscape, outlining key options for a Europe of the future.

The European Social Model
The European Social Model

Author: Nick Adnett

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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The authors explore the development of the European Social Model & question whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision & in the creation of workers' rights & employment regulation, is sustainable.

Viking, Laval and Beyond
Viking, Laval and Beyond

Author: Mark R Freedland

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 1782255354

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EU Law in the Member States is a new series dedicated to exploring the impact of landmark CJEU judgments and secondary legislation in legal systems across the European Union. Each book will be written by a team of generalist EU lawyers and experts in the relevant field, bringing together perspectives from a wide range of different Member States in order to compare and analyse the effect of EU law on domestic legal systems and practice. The first volume focuses on the uneasy relationship between the economic freedoms enshrined in Articles 49 and 56 TFEU and the right of workers to take collective action. This conflict has been at the forefront of EU labour law since the CJEU's much-discussed decisions in C-438/05 Viking and C-341/05 Laval, as well as the Commission's more recent attempts at legislative reforms in the failed Monti II Regulation. Viking, Laval and Beyond explores judicial and legislative responses to these measures in 10 Member States, and finds that the impact on domestic legal systems has been much more varied than traditional accounts of EU law would suggest.

Researching the European Court of Justice
Researching the European Court of Justice

Author: Mikael Rask Madsen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-05-26

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 100905922X

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The book takes stock of the on-going 'methodological turn' in the field of EU law scholarship. Introducing a new generation of scholars of the European Court of Justice from law, history, sociology, political science and linguistics, it provides a set of novel interdisciplinary research strategies and empirical materials for the study of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The twelve case studies included challenge the usual top-down approach to EU law and the CJEU and instead suggest a more localized and fine-grained observation of the socio-legal actors and practices involved in the making of CJEU case-law. Moving beyond mainstream legal scholarship and the established 'grand narratives' of legal integration, the volume provides a more historically-informed and sociologically-grounded account of the EU law's uneven embeddedness in Europe's economies and societies.

Laval and Viking
Laval and Viking

Author: Alicia Hinarejos

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Two of the most remarkable human rights cases decided by the European Court of Justice (ECJ or Court) in the past year concern the right to collective action. Both Laval and Viking involved conflicts between trade union action, forming part of the right to freedom of association, a right protected in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the exercise of two of the fundamental freedoms set out in the EC Treaty, namely the right to provide services and the right to establishment. Although the Court adopted the same general reasoning in both cases in order to deal with the conflict at issue, each case had individual features worthy of note and will be presented separately (Sections 2 and 3). Section 4 provides reflections that are common to both decisions and their significance for the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union.

EC Employment Law
EC Employment Law

Author: Catherine Barnard

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 938

ISBN-13: 0199280029

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'EC Employment Law' provides a thorough and authoritative guide to EC law on employment, within a social and economic context. Extensive coverage is given of complex equality caselaw and legislation, and many issues not covered elsewhere are examined.

British Overseas Territories Law
British Overseas Territories Law

Author: Ian Hendry

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-06-14

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1509918728

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This is a manual of law and practice relating to the 14 remaining British overseas territories: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn Islands; St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus; Turks and Caicos Islands; and Virgin Islands. Most, if not all, of these territories are likely to remain British for the foreseeable future, and many have agreed modern constitutional arrangements with the British Government. This book provides a comprehensive description of the main elements of their governance in law and practice, and of the constitutional and international status of the territories. This long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive update on the law governing overseas territories. It reflects the post-Brexit landscape, and covers the Extradition Act 2003 (Overseas Territories) Order 2016 and the Emergency Powers (Overseas Territories) Order 2017. In addition, it explores case law developments from Chagos Islanders v The United Kingdom to the Mauritius case concerning British Overseas Territory waters.