European law

European law

body of treaties, law and court judgements which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states.

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Adversary system

Law; European law

The system of trial practise in the United States and some other countries in which each of the opposing (or "adversary") parties has the opportunity to present and establish opposing positions ...

Appellate jurisdiction

Law; European law

The appellate court has the right to review and change the lower court decision.

Appellate court

Law; European law

A court that can review how the law was used to decide a case in a lower court.

One way of improving policies in the EU is for governments to look at what is going on in other EU countries and to see what works best. They can then adopt this 'best practice', adapting it to their ...

аcquis communautaire

Law; European law

This is a French term meaning, essentially, 'the EU as it is' – in other words, the rights and obligations that EU countries share. The 'acquis' includes all the EU's treaties and laws, declarations ...

European Monetary System (EMS)

Law; European law

The forerunner of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It was a way of creating an area of currency stability throughout the European Community by encouraging countries to co-ordinate their monetary ...

European Monetary Institute (EMI)

Law; European law

Established in 1994 to oversee the co-ordination of the monetary policies of national central banks. The EMI also worked towards the creation of the European Central Bank.