Contents
1. Brief history of the development EU jurisprudence
2. The European Union Act 2011
2.1. Key provisions
2.2. Academic commentary
3. European Union law in the UK Courts
3.1. Direct Effect
3.2. Supremacy of EU law
3.3. Commentary
4. The reception (and application) of EU law by UK courts since 1972
4.1. Three manners of reconciliation
4.2. Does national law override international law?
4.2.1. Monist view
4.2.2. Dualist view
4.3. Stage Two: The use of rules of construction in interpreting EU law
4.4. Stage Three: Disapplication and the Factortame litigation
4.5. Stage Four: Rejection of ‘Autonomous Entrenchment’ and constitutional statutes