Is there a EU copyright jurisprudence?: an empirical analysis of the workings of the European Court of Justice

Favale, Marcella, Kretschmer, Martin and Torremans, Paul (2016) Is there a EU copyright jurisprudence?: an empirical analysis of the workings of the European Court of Justice. Modern Law Review, 79 (1). pp. 31-75. ISSN 1468-2230

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Abstract

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been suspected of carrying out a harmonising agenda over and beyond the conventional law-interpreting function of the judiciary. In relation to the development of a EU copyright law, the Court has seen a dramatic increase in activity, with 6 cases filed in the 10 years following the Phil Collins case of 1992, 6 cases filed in the 5 years between 2002 and 2006, and 26 cases in the 5 years between 2007 and 2011. This study aims to investigate empirically two theories in relation to the development of EU copyright law: (i) that the Court has failed to develop a coherent copyright jurisprudence (lacking domain expertise, copyright specific reasoning, and predictability); (ii) that the Court has pursued an activist, harmonising agenda (resorting to teleological interpretation of European law rather than – less discretionary – semantic and systematic legal approaches). The findings of the study confirm the former, and qualify the latter.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/772573
Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Favale, M., Kretschmer, M. and Torremans, P. C. (2016), Is there an EU Copyright Jurisprudence? An Empirical Analysis of the Workings of the European Court of Justice. The Modern Law Review, 79: 31–75. doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12166, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2230.12166/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, CJEU, Copyright, European jurisprudence, Advocate General, Harmonization, European Union
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12166
Depositing User: Torremans, Prof Paul
Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2016 13:10
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:31
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/31250

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