Beschrijving

This Liber Amicorum honours Arjen W.H. Meij, who, after years of service in the national judiciary, sat as a judge at the General Court of the European Union from 1998 to 2010.

The interweaving of today’s legal orders – national, European and international – has been a topic of particular interest to Arjen Meij throughout his career. The essays contained in this volume examine this theme, while also considering specific issues related to recent developments in the field of EU law.

This Liber Amicorum draws together contributions by distinguished figures from national and European judiciaries, legal practice, and the academic world.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

Josef Azizi

The Limits of Judicial Review concerning Abuses of a Dominant Position: Principles and Specific Application to the Communications Technology Sector

Tom Barkhuysen

The Influence of European Law on the Unity of Dutch Administrative Law

Onno Brouwer and Jan Blockx

Access to Documents Relating to EU Competition and State Aid Cases Pursuant to Regulation 1049/2001: Towards a Rebuttable Presumption as a ‘Fig Leaf ’ for Intransparency?

Mr. G.J.M. Corstens

Eenheid en verscheidenheid, de strafrechtspleging na ‘Lissabon’

Deirdre Curtin

Open European Union Government through Pinhole Glasses

Tom Eijsbouts

Sharing Justice

Rafael García-Valdecasas and Aitor Montesa Lloreda

A New Life for Commitment Decisions under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003? The Aftermath of the ECJ Judgment of 29 June 2010 in Case C‑441/07P, Commission v. Alrosa

Marc Jaeger

Standard of Review in Competition Cases: Can the General Court Increase Coherence in the European Union Judicial System?

L.A.D. Keus

Ambtshalve toepassing van Europees recht vanuit het perspectief van de Nederlandse burgerlijke rechter

Koen Lenaerts

Accelerated and Urgency Procedures in the Area of Freedom, Security And Justice

Bart van Lierop

Found in Translation: Some Remarks on International Co-operation Between Judges

Alison McDonnell

Time is Money? Reasonable Duration of the Procedure before the European Courts as an Aspect of Effective and Timely Judicial Protection

Paolo Mengozzi

The Innovations brought about by the Lisbon Treaty to the European Union Treaty- Making Power Regime Resulting from the Case Law of the Court of Justice

Dimitri Mertens de Wilmars

Recent Case Law on the European Scheme for Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowance Trading

Mr. K.J.M. Mortelmans

Opmerkingen in prejudiciële zaken: lidstaat Nederland en het bestuursorgaan als partij in het hoofdgeding

Tom Ottervanger

The (Multilayered) Public Interest and the Law of the European Union

Irena Pelikánová

Instruments for Promoting Unity in Private Law between Member States: Is There More than the CJEU?

Jörg Pirrung

Expedited Procedures Before the ECJ in Parental Responsibility Cases

Sacha Prechal & Rob Widdershoven

Effectiveness or Effective Judicial Protection: A Poorly Articulated Relationship

Hanna Sevenster

Good old Cilfit – pleidooi voor een ‘make-over’

Piet Jan Slot

Does the Tedeschi Principle also Apply in the Field of EU Competition Law?

B.M.P. Smulders

De drie-pijlerstructuur van de grondrechtenbescherming in de EU: Enkele institutioneelrechtelijke overwegingen omtrent de groeiende complexiteit van deze bescherming na Lissabon

Marc van der Woude

The EDF Case: A Principled or Ad Hoc Ruling?