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Portrait of Xavier Groussot. Photo.

Xavier Groussot

Professor

Portrait of Xavier Groussot. Photo.

Res judicata in the court of justice case-law: Balancing legal certainty with legality?

Author

  • Xavier Groussot
  • Timo Minssen

Summary, in English

Forms of res judicata - Unwritten principle of EU law - National procedural autonomy v. EC supremacy - Revision of decisions v. state liability - Finality of administrative decisions v. judicial decisions - Higher respect for judicial decisions than for administrative decisions - Res judicata not absolute - ECJ itself under demands of legal certainty - Analogy between res judicata rules and rules of direct and indirect effect.

Department/s

  • EU Law
  • Department of Law

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

385-417

Publication/Series

European Constitutional Law Review

Volume

3

Issue

3

Document type

Article

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • legal certainty
  • EU-rätt
  • EU-law

Status

Published

Research group

  • EU Law

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1744-5515