The federalizing and humanistic case law of the ECJ. A tale from fairyland

Authors

  • Luis I. Gordillo Pérez
  • Giuseppe Martinico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/trc.32.2013.11797

Keywords:

postnational constitutionalism, EU law, primacy, direct effect, fundamental rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, accession of the EU to the ECHR,

Abstract

This article reflects on the state of the art of the EU Constitutional Law on the 50th anniversary of Van Gend en Loos, the founding constitutional decision of the ECJ. After analyzing the fundamentals of EU constitutional theory, the authors move towards the constitutionalization process of the EU through the case law of the ECJ from a double perspective: constitutionalization as federalization and constitutionalization as «humanization of EU Law».

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Published

2013-07-01

How to Cite

Gordillo Pérez, L. I., & Martinico, G. (2013). The federalizing and humanistic case law of the ECJ. A tale from fairyland. Teoría y Realidad Constitucional, (32), 429–480. https://doi.org/10.5944/trc.32.2013.11797

Issue

No. 32 (2013): La integración política de Europa (I)

Section

Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea