Chapter 2: General principles of law: treaty, historical, and normative foundations
Paul Craig
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Handbook Chapter
Published:
19 Apr 2022
Page Range:
25–39
Collection:
Law 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784712389.00008
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This chapter considers three foundational issues concerning general principles of law. The first relates to the textual provenance of general principles within the constituent Treaties. The second is the historical development of general principles within the emerging Community legal order. There is much here that is imperfectly understood, and it is necessary to trace the origins back to the ECSC Treaty. The third foundational issue is normative in nature and concerns the formal and substantive legitimacy of general principles of law within the EU legal order.

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Cover Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law
Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law
Edited by
Katja S. Ziegler
,
Päivi J. Neuvonen
, and
Violeta Moreno-Lax
Handbook
Published:
19 Apr 2022
Print ISBN:
9781784712372
eISBN:
9781784712389
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784712389
Pages:
656
Collection:
Law 2022
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