Gauweiler - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Comprehensive summary of the concept of supremacy in EU law. This document covers the relationship between supremacy and direct effect (specifically the 'primacy model' and 'trigger model' proposed by Dougan), the differences between the EU perspective and the national courts perspective on EU supremacy (key cases include Costa v ENEL, Internationale Handelsgesellschaft, Honeywell, Gauweiler and Ajos), and analyses whether the difference of understandings is problematic.

Comprehensive summary/essay plan on the principle of constitutional pluralism in EU Law. This document covers the definition of constitutional pluralism, the EU principle of supremacy (specifically the cases of Costa v ENEL and Internationale Handelsgesellschaft), the role the CJEU has played in asserting the supremacy of EU law over domestic law (looking specifically at the Ajos litigation), and an analysis of the need for a dialogue between the CJEU and domestic courts.