Shaping Policy through the Courts: (2) The European Dimension

Abstract

This is the second of a pair of articles on the role of the courts in shaping British public policy. The first article, in the previous issue of this journal, dealt with the British courts. This article examines how British public policy is shaped by two quite distinct systems of law and courts; first, the European Convention on Human Rights, and, second, the European Communities and the work of the European Court of Justice.