Articles tagged as EU Law
EU law, or European Union law, is a system of law that is specific to the 28 members of the European Union. This system overrules the national law of each member country if there is a conflict between the national law and the EU law.
Latest Law Papers tagged as EU Law
Including law essays, dissertations, problem questions, case summaries, and law lectures, suitable for law students working towards their LLB / LLM qualifications or those studying for the new SQE.
R v Foreign Secretary (Gentle)
Case Summaries
The claimants were the mothers of two British servicemen killed serving in Iraq. Inquests were to be held into the circumstances of their deaths......
Last modified: 3rd Sep 2019
The Role that Prison Law Plays
Constitutional Law
'Good order in prison is maintained by a mixture of formal and informal mechanisms.' In considering the proposition the 'Good order ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
The Institution of the Ombudsman
Constitutional Law
The Treaty of Maastricht created the institution of the Ombudsman which is a dispute resolution system between individuals and European ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Contribution Legal Positivists
Constitutional Law
In this essay I will examine the contribution legal positivists have made to the question of what law is by looking at different theories from ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Guinness Share Trading Scandal
Company Law
The existing prosecuting authorities such as Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Serious Fraud Office (SRO) deals with corporate and fraud cases....
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
The Law of Tort and Negligence
Constitutional Law
With reference to this assignment, I have opted to critically analyse the case of Z v United Kingdom which I think has a significant aspect ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Dublin Convention and Immigration Law
Constitutional Law
The Dublin Convention came into force on 1 September 1997, providing criteria for establishing which Member State of the EU is responsible for ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Victim Status Within Human Rights
Constitutional Law
NGOs and human rights lawyers are the main human rights protectors at national and international levels. Their participation in the process ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
The Protection of Individual Rights in UK
Constitutional Law
The Human Rights Act 1998 is the Labour party incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into United Kingdom law.1The principle ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
European Convention and Law of Defamation
Constitutional Law
Reputation is so important that the English law has made a law of defamation to protect the individual from having his/her reputation lowered ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Repealing The Humans Rights Act
Constitutional Law
Every state has a fundamental duty to protect the rights and freedoms of its citizens. In the majority of democratic states, fundamental rights ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Human Rights and the Right to Life
Constitutional Law
In this paper, one of the most important rights in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) will be analyzed. Although this may seem ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
The Basic Purpose of Contract Law
Contract Law
The basic purpose of contract law is to provide a framework within which individuals can freely contract. The contract can legally bind the contracting parties by the creation of laws which are applicable...
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Bound by European Court of Human Rights
Constitutional Law
Giving prisoners the right to vote has created a huge controversy within the UK, it is arguable that prisoners when in prison that do not have to ......
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Common Law is Developed by Judges
Common Law
Common law is developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals (also called case law), rather than through legislative statues or executive branch action....
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
Tribunal Procedures Effectiveness to Justice
Constitutional Law
Tribunals are a branch of the court system established by Act of Parliament to deal with disputes between the citizen and the state or between ......
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
Understanding the Doctrine of Judicial Precedent
Constitutional Law
The doctrine of judicial precedent comes from the principle of stare decisis which means ‘stand by decisions already made’ and requires that ......
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
Constitutionality of European Convention on Human Rights
Constitutional Law
The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) was first drafted in 1950 by the newly formed council of Europe and entered onto force ......
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
The Concept of Deterrence
Common Law
The Concept Of Deterrence Is Fundamental To The Success Of A System Of Regulatory Sanctions, But Ensuring Optimal Deterrence Is Very Difficult....
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
Intellectual Property Rights
Copyright Law
Intellectual property rights are those exclusive rights granted to the owners there in to behave in a particular manner...
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
European Court of Justice
EU Law
From the early years of the European Community as seen in Costa v ENEL [1964] ECR 585, where the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that......
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
Non-natural Use of Land
Land Law
The man in the street might legitimately expect the Common law to have developed a means by which persons who suffer personal injury or damage to their property due to the release of dangerous substances...
Last modified: 16th Aug 2019
Understanding the Evolution of Intellectual Property Law
Company Law
A Critical Analysis of Trade Mark Infringement under section 10(2) This is the question that runs throughout this research. But, in or......
Last modified: 16th Aug 2019
United Kingdom Joined the European Community
EU Law
Two principles which give effect for Community law within UK are S2 (1) and S2 (4) of the European Communities Act 1972. Section2 (1) states that......
Last modified: 16th Aug 2019
Liability to Tax on Income
Finance Law
Any analysis of liability to tax on income of taxpayers living and working abroad, particularly those engaged in a trading venture, is inevitably complex....
Last modified: 16th Aug 2019
