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Comment on Katharina Pabel – The Right to an Effective Remedy in a Polycentric Legal System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Abstract

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Type
Part II: Institutional Aspects of the Constitution - Towards a New Institutional Balance?
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Copyright © 2005 by German Law Journal GbR 

References

1 Ewa Łętowska, Multicentryczność współczesnego systemu prawnego i jej konsekwencje (Multicentrism of the contemporary legal system and its consequences), 4 Państwo i Prawo 3-10 (2005).Google Scholar

2 See Pabel, in this volume.Google Scholar

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4 See the judgment of the District Court in Lubartów, Poland, Case IC 260/03, (2004) (Where the court applied the EU customs classification to analyze the issues related to the liability for damages. This was an example of the courage of Polish courts in using the Community law, but unfortunately, this use was grossly flawed). See also Ewa Łętowska, Między Scyllą a Charybdą czyli polski sędzia między Strasburgiem I Luksemburgiem (Between Scylla and Charybda – the Polish judge between Strasbourg and Luxembourg), paper presented at the Council of Europe Information Office Conference, Nov. 2005.Google Scholar

5 See the judgment of the Supreme Court on the “golden share,” Case IV CK 713/03, (2004). On this decision for Sept. 30, 2004, the court referred to jurisprudence of the ECJ in this area, but could not apply and interpret the principles stemming from this judgment.Google Scholar

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11 The Polish government has prepared a draft law of March 7, 2005 on the access to free legal aid granted by the state to individuals. It is interesting to note that the grounds for this law refer to the Polish obligations stemming from Art. 6 ECHR and Art. 47 para. 1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.Google Scholar

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