Freedom of the Press as a Public Policy Reason Restricting the Principle of Mutual Trust: Lessons from the Real Madrid Preliminary Ruling

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Abstract: In the Real Madrid case, the Court prioritized under the public policy proviso of the Brussels I Regulation the protection of freedom of the press over the mutual recognition of judgments in civil and commercial matters. The preliminary ruling explains the circumstances in which recourse to public policy is possible to decline the...

Activating Ultra Vires Review: The German Federal Constitutional Court Decides Weiss

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The preliminary reference of the German Constitutional Court and the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice. – III. Not ultra vires! The problematic reasoning of the German Constitutional Court. – III.1. The attempt to redefine the methods of interpretation of EU law: The misconstruction of the...

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