<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

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

Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law

Department of International and European Union Law, Faculty of Law

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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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...

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

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2019

Zakres stron: 150 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041

Słowa kluczowe
Court of Justice of the European Union, Czech Constitutional court, Czech courts, preliminary ruling procedure

© 2019 Václav Stehlík et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2019

Zakres stron: 150 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041

Słowa kluczoweCourt of Justice of the European Union, Czech Constitutional court, Czech courts, preliminary ruling procedure

© 2019 Václav Stehlík et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Court of Justice of the European Union, Czech Constitutional court, Czech courts, preliminary ruling procedure