State Liability for Breaches of European Law

Download or read book State Liability for Breaches of European Law written by Bert Van Roosebeke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bert Van Roosebeke analyses non-contractual state liability in the European Union. He explains differences in member states’ breaching behaviour and presents the state liability doctrine as developed by the European Court of Justice in a number of cases. He shows that compliance is the true economic aim of state liability legislation and presents a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of both private and public law enforcement mechanisms. He finally formulates improvements to the rules of state liability.