The European Court of Justice deals with cases involving international treaties between members of the European Union. Its decisions set the historical record for other judges to follow in applying the law. European jurisprudence takes precedence over national law and is accessible via the website of the Court of Justice.
European jurisprudence is the set of judicial decisions on cases brought before the European Court of Justice (ECJ). These decisions set the historical record for other judges in this jurisdiction to follow in applying the law. The Court of Justice deals with cases involving international treaties between members of the European Union.
The European Union is the cooperative coalition of 27 European countries. These countries have agreed to work together and adhere to governmental and economic standards that benefit the whole union. International agreements, signed by all members, establish the Community law that the members have agreed to adopt. The Court of Justice has the task of applying this Community law in cases where there is a dispute between union members.
There are two courts that make up the CJEU, the Court of Justice and the General Court, as well as some special courts that may be called from time to time for a limited purpose. The European Court of Justice was established in 1952 and is based in Luxembourg. For the court, one judge is appointed for each of the members of the European Union. The judges of the European Court of Justice sit in panels of three, five or thirteen judges.
Cases brought before the European Court of Justice only concern international treaties between members of the European Union and not matters that arise in member countries under their own national law. European jurisprudence established by the European Court of Justice, however, takes precedence over national law if the matter arises in the member country. In other words, member countries are not allowed to individually contravene the decisions of the European Court of Justice on Community law by passing national laws or by raising the issue in the courts of a country.
Cases decided by the European Court of Justice constitute the body of European jurisprudence. This includes the opinions and orders of the courts or advocates general, in the case of special courts. Each country that is part of the European Union has its own jurisprudence which is the record of the decisions of the courts of that country, but only the decisions of the Court of Justice have the weight of a jurisprudence that goes beyond national borders and can concern everyone Europe.
Historically, European jurisprudence has been published periodically in the Reports of cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance and in the Reports of the European Court – Reports of officials of the European Community. Reference to those periodicals was the only way to access court decisions. European case law has now been digitized and is accessible via the website of the Court of Justice.
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