Human rights case law of the European Court of Justice, July 2002 to December 2002.

Lyons, Carole

Abstract

In the period under review, late July to December 2002, there were several cases where important issues of fundamental rights were raised. However, this autumn session of the Court began under the shadow of the "summer storms", in the shape of the Carpenter and UPA cases, and was, admittedly, a quieter period for the courts. We do see, however, significant cases in relation to citizenship (Baumbast and d'Hoop) and competence (BAT) during these months. This does not mean that fundamental rights were not at the forefront of many cases (indeed, they are dealt with in those very citizenship and competence cases), but rather that the EU courts had less opportunity to develop the fundamental rights dimension of the legal order. Undoubtedly these courts will also, during this period, have been hypersensitive to developments in the framework of the Convention on the Future of Europe, a context which could not be ignored and which must have affected human rights pronouncements in the latter half of 2002.

Citation

LYONS, C. 2003. Human rights case law of the European Court of Justice, July 2002 to December 2002. Human rights law review [online], 3(1), pages 157-177. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/3.1.157

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2003
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2003
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2003
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 2, 2024
• Journal: Human rights law review
• Print ISSN: 1461-7781
• Electronic ISSN: 1744-1021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 157-177
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/3.1.157
• Keywords: Human rights; Human rights law; European Union
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1674825