Nuclear War between the Court of Justice and Czech Constitutional Court (hopefully) averted
There has been an incessant debate in the last decades which court holds the highest cards in the EU. Is it the Court of Justice or national courts, namely those of constitutional rank? It seems that the judges in Luxembourg argue for their primacy, while at least some of the national ones tend to disagree. Yet the judicial debate was all about dancing around with hints and threats and no direct conflict. No wonder theories such as constitutional pluralism began to dominate the academic discourse. In January 2012 the Czech Constitutional Court ended the long truce when it declared in ... continue reading
