This project seeks to reevaluate the foundational judgments of the European Court of Justice by looking beyond their text

Costa v ENEL

Judgment of the Court of Justice of 15 July 1964, Flaminio Costa v ENEL, case 6/64, ECLI:EU:C:1964:66.

Amedeo Arena

Costa v ENEL articulated a strong version of the principle of primacy of Community law over national law, but also interpreted restrictively a number of internal market provisions of the EEC Treaty.

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