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The European Community and ECJ  

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The European Community was formed in 1957 with the Treaty of Rome, establishing through the years that a closer union between member states could bring stability to Europe. The Law of the EC is based on one hand, on Treaty Articles and on the other hand on secondary legislation: directives, regulations and decisions. The Treaty Articles have been there to bind national governments of the member states with obligations and rights they owed to the other member states. The member states kept a different approach to the new European system. Some of the countries, like France and the Netherlands kept a monist approach towards the EC. The latter has accepted the International Treaties as part of their legal system. Moreover, a citizen of such a system can require to be treated in accordance with the treaty standard. A dualist approach prefers the International Treaties to be separate from the domestic...

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