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European Law (Sources of EU law (The European Convention on Human Rights…
European Law
Sources of EU law
Treaties
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connected with economic matters (free trade, agriculture, transport)
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Regulations
apply throughout the EU, come into force without the need for each country to make its own legislation. Aim - to obtain uniformity of law throughout member states
Directives
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set out broad objectives, members create their own detailed legislation to put those objectives into practice
Decisions
binding only on those to whom they are addressed (state, person, company)
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1973 - joined EU, Parliament surrendered some of its supremacy to the EU.
Judges - obliged to follow EU law, give effect to EU law
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European law - supreme, takes precedence over all domestic sources of law