1st Edition
Commonwealth Caribbean Law and Procedure The Referral Procedure under Article 214 RTC in the Light of EU and International Law
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Commonwealth Caribbean Law and Procedure: The Referral Procedure under Article 214 RTC in the Light of EU and International Law is about the referral procedure set out in Article 214 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC), which Treaty established the Caribbean Community Single Market and Economy (CSME). Article 214 RTC bears clear parallels to Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning... Read more
Introduction 1.The Relevance of the Referral Procedure to the Achievement of Uniformity in the Interpretation and Application of CSME Law 2. Does Article 214 RTC Impose a Duty on National Courts and Tribunals to Refer to the CCJ? 3. What is a “court or tribunal of a Member State"? 4. The Referral Procedure from the Perspective of the Referring Court 5. The Referral Procedure from the Perspective of the CCJ 6. Problems Raised by Article 214 RTC But Not Resolved
Biography
Alina Kaczorowska-Ireland is Professor of International and EU Law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She is also the author of the Routledge textbooks European Union Law, Public International Law and Competition Law in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.
Westmin R. A. James is Lecturer of Constitutional Law and Commonwealth Caribbean Human Rights and Advanced Public International Law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. He is also Attorney-at-Law called to the Bar in various Caribbean jurisdictions and has appeared before the CCJ in its Original and Appellate jurisdictions.
