Readership: Academics and Students in European Community Law and European Politics, Practitioners appearing before the European Court of Justice, or seeking to understand EC Procedure
Noreen Burrows, Jean Monnet Professor of European Law, University of Glasgow, and Rosa Greaves, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow
"This book is a welcome addition to academic literature...the topical approach chosen by the authors has lead to an interesting study, both from a substantive and from an institutional law perspective." - Silvia Romein, European Foreign Affairs Review, 13
"The book provides a meritorious basis for future work and can be applauded for bravely encouraging discussion of the controversial and topical issue of the future of the Advocate General as an institution. Anyone undertaking further research in this field will find much to learn from the analytical work of Burrows and Greaves." - King's Law Journal
1: Introduction Part I: The Advocate General as a member of the ECJ 2: The Place of the Advocate General in the procedure of the European Community Courts 3: The Advocate General and Human Rights Standards Part II: Selected Advocates General and specific areas of Community law 4: The First Advocate General- Maurice Lagrange 5: Walter van Gerven and the Principle of Equal Treatment of Men and Women 6: Advocate General Jacobs' Opinions and Intellectual Property Law 7: Advocate General Jean Pierre Warner and EC Competition Law Part III: Some fundamental concepts of Community Law and the Opinions of Advocates General 8: The Advocates General and the Development of the Principle of Direct Effect 9: The Contribution of Advocates General to the Development of the Principle of State Liability in the European Community's Legal Order 10: The Advocates General and the Concept of Citizenship 11: Conclusion
