CML Rev February 2009

Editorial Comments: Weathering through the credit crisis. Is the Community equipped to deal with it?

Articles: D. Halberstam and E. Stein, The United Nations, the European Union, and the King of Sweden: Economic sanctions and individual rights in a plural world order
B. Kunoy and A. Dawes, Plate tectonics in Luxembourg: The ménage à trois between EC law, international law and the European Convention on Human Rights following the UN sanctions cases
G. Harpaz, The European Court Of Justice and its relations with the European Court of Human Rights: The quest for enhanced reliance, coherence and legitimacy
H. Stalford and E. Drywood, Coming of age? Children’s rights in the European Union
C. Waldhoff, Recent developments relating to the retroactive effect of decisions of the ECJ
B. Heuninckx, Defence procurement: The most effective way to grant illegal State aid and get away with it … or is it?

Case Law: A. Court of Justice
Joined Cases C-402/05 P & 415/05 P, Yassin Abdullah Kadi, Al Barakaat International Foundation v. Council and Commission, with annotation by A. Gattini
Case C-66/08, Proceedings concerningSzymon Kozłowski, with annotation by M. Fichera
Case C-413/06 P, Bertelsmann and Sony Corporation of America v. Independent Music Publishers and Labels Association (Impala), with annotation by T. Käseberg
Case T-289/03, British United Provident Association Ltd (BUPA), BUPA Insurance Ltd, BUPA Ireland Ltd v. Commission of the European Communities,, with annotation by W. Sauter
Case C-212/06, Government of the French Community and the Walloon Government v. Flemish Government, with annotation by T. Vandamme
Case C-305/05, Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone et al. v. Conseil des Ministres, with annotation by M.J.J.P. Luchtman and R. van der Hoeven

B. National courts
Corte costituzionale ( Italian Constitutional Court): Decisions 348 and 349/2007 of 22 October 2007, and 102 and 103/2008, of 12 February 2008, with annotation by L.S. Rossi