The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond

The article analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It presents statistics of cases lodged to the EU Court of Justice and refers to the most important decisions. The article compares the practise of both...

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Main Authors: Stehlík Václav, Sehnálek David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
Series:Baltic Journal of European Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041
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spelling doaj-3d86d22cd73041ce9cca0f4819354f812021-09-05T20:42:31ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of European Studies2228-05962019-12-019415017210.1515/bjes-2019-0041bjes-2019-0041The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and BeyondStehlík Václav0Sehnálek David1Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Palacký University in Olomouc, 17. listopadu 8, Olomouc77111, Czech RepublicDepartment of International and European Union Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, Veveří 70, Brno61180, Czech RepublicThe article analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It presents statistics of cases lodged to the EU Court of Justice and refers to the most important decisions. The article compares the practise of both lower courts as well as courts of last instance, namely the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court. It also outlines the attitude of the Czech Constitutional Court towards this procedure.https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041court of justice of the european unionczech constitutional courtczech courtspreliminary ruling procedure
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The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond
Baltic Journal of European Studies
court of justice of the european union
czech constitutional court
czech courts
preliminary ruling procedure
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Sehnálek David
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title The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond
title_short The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond
title_full The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond
title_fullStr The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond
title_full_unstemmed The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond
title_sort use of the preliminary ruling procedure by czech courts: historical retrospective and beyond
publisher Sciendo
series Baltic Journal of European Studies
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publishDate 2019-12-01
description The article analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It presents statistics of cases lodged to the EU Court of Justice and refers to the most important decisions. The article compares the practise of both lower courts as well as courts of last instance, namely the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court. It also outlines the attitude of the Czech Constitutional Court towards this procedure.
topic court of justice of the european union
czech constitutional court
czech courts
preliminary ruling procedure
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