European Union Law

Parliamentary sovereignty is the central tenet of the English legal system. The doctrine refers to the constitutional doctrine that Parliament is capable of making or unmaking any law, and that such law cannot be overridden or set aside by any one or any authority save by the law made by the Parliament itself. The traditional doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty is still relevant today, however, there is a definite change in its structuring due to the impact of the EU law.

Under EU law, asylum seekers are defined as “applicants for international protection”. Their situation is regulated by the EU asylum acquis.[1] The position of Roland and Rajiv is that of two individuals who are seeking asylum after fleeing from Pakistan, where Rajiv is a potential target for torture due to his membership of a vegan group. As they have taken different routes into Europe, the measures that are available to them under the EU law will have to be considered individually. However, Rajiv and Roland are identical twins and Roland is basing his asylum application on that ground.

Definition of internal market: Article 26(2) of Treaty on the Functioning of EU (TFEU) defines internal market as comprising “an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured.”[2] This means that the EU has created a single market that allows the free movement of goods, persons, capital and services. For this purpose, EU has regularised customs duties and charges, and quantitative restrictions and measures in trade between Member States.[3] At the same time, treaty provisions and national legislation are also harmonised so as to encourage member states to promote free movement within the internal market.[4] The legislative and administrative difficulties within the free market relate to the following areas:

The Preamble of Treaty on the Functioning of European Union (TFEU), aims to ensure a balanced and fair progress in the economic and social aspects of EU by removing barriers between States in order to improve the living and working conditions of the citizens. This progress can be achieved by cooperative and collaborative steps taken up by Member States.

Under EU law, asylum seekers are defined as “applicants for international protection”. Their situation is regulated by the EU asylum acquis.[1] The position of Roland and Rajiv is that of two individuals who are seeking asylum after fleeing from Pakistan, where Rajiv is a potential target for torture due to his membership of a vegan group.

The establishment of the European Union (EU) was motivated largely by commercial objectives, which were to be achieved through the creation of a common market or an internal market. The commercial laws made by the EU were for the purpose of achieving these objectives; and the EU has over the period of time liberalised the markets and also become a staunch supporter of multilateral trading regime.

Fashion and the study of fashion from the sociological and cultural perspective has come to acquire a lot of significance. What fashion means and in what way it is significant to the construction of identity has become an interesting area of study. This is so because fashion is increasingly used by the individual to make a point about how she perceives her identity or how she would like to be perceived by others. In that sense, fashion, in terms of clothes and other accessories, acquires a lot of significance from a socio-cultural perspective, because these are the means through which social and cultural messages are given by the individual to the others.

The Treaty on the Functioning of European Union (“TFEU”) provides the power of judicial review to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) under Article 263. The CJEU consists of the Court of Justice (“ECJ”), the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal. The General Court is an administrative court of the EU, and decisions or legislative acts by the EU institutions can be the subject of judicial review proceedings before the Court.

Europe has been on an integration move since the end of the Second World War. The first steps towards this integration happened in the immediate post war period with the celebrated Schuman Plan, which lay the foundation for the first real supra-structure in the world, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

The European Union was in its initial stage premised on the idea of free markets. This idea had economic connotations and therefore, the emphasis was on free movement of workers and services. The idea was embraced by member states because this free movement of persons and services gave them greater access to human resources with skills that the host economy could benefit from. Ultimately the EU also came to recognise the concept of EU citizenship where a person who was a national of any state would also be a citizen of the Union.

Tunisian textile industry has grown tremendously over the period of two decades. To a great extent, Tunisia’s ability to get a good trade association agreement with the European Union has played a part in this growth. Tunisia now is one of the top 15 textile manufacturing companies in the world.