National Judges and the European Court of Justice

The impact of EU law on the Member States depends decisively on the
application by national judges of principles and rules elaborated by the EU
Court of Justice in response to the preliminary ruling references made by the
national judges themselves. Therefore the good functioning of the complex
system resulting from the interaction between the EU legal order and the
Member States implies a constructive relationship between the Court of
Justice and the national judges. With this premise, the volume aims to face
the di culties experienced in the ‘dialogue’ between all national courts (on the
merits, supreme, constitutional) and the EU Court of Justice. To this purpose
the national judges themselves are called to express their opinions: they were
requested to illustrate, from their experience, the drawbacks encountered
in the communication with the CJEU. The voice of professors specialised in
European and comparative law is then heard.