The Use of the Preliminary Ruling Procedure by Czech Courts: Historical Retrospective and Beyond

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Authors	STEHLÍK Václav SEHNÁLEK David
Year of publication	2019
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Baltic Journal of European Studies
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Law
Citation
Web	Open access časopisu
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0041
Keywords	Court of Justice of the European Union; Czech Constitutional court; Czechcourts; preliminary ruling procedure;
Attached files	bjes-2019-0041__1_.pdf
Description	The paper analyses the use of the preliminary ruling procedure by the Czech courts in the 15 years of the Czech membership in the European Union. It brings statistics of cases lodged to the EU Court of Justice and refers to the most important decisions. The paper compares the practise of both lower courts as well as courts of last instance, namely the Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court. It also outlines the attitude of the Czech Constitutional Court towards this procedure.