Preface |
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Foreword |
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Contributors |
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I Introduction Introducing the Principle of Prohibition of Abuse of Law |
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II The Framework: General Principles of EU Law and the Prohibition of Abuse |
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1 Prohibition of Abuse of (European) Law: The Creation of a New General Principle of EC Law through Tax: A Response |
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3 | (4) |
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2 What is a General Principle of EU Law? |
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7 | (18) |
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3 What is a General Principle of EU Law? A Response |
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25 | (8) |
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4 The Abuse of Rights in the Civil Law Tradition |
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33 | (16) |
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III The Origins: Free Movement of Services |
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5 Fitting `Abuse of Rights' into EU Law Governing the Free Movement of Goods and Services |
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49 | (14) |
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6 Free Movement of Broadcasting Services and Abuse of Law |
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63 | (30) |
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7 The Notion of Abuse and the Freedom to Provide Services: A Labour Lawyer's Perspective |
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93 | (14) |
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IV The Development: Freedom of Establishment, Company Law and Competition Law |
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8 Sparking Regulatory Competition in European Company Law: The Impact of the Centros Line of Case Law and its Concept of `Abuse of Law' |
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107 | (20) |
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9 Sparking Regulatory Competition in European Company Law: A Response |
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127 | (10) |
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10 Abuse of Law in the Context of European Insolvency Law |
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137 | (20) |
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11 Abuse of European Insolvency Law? A Discussion |
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157 | (12) |
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12 Abuse of Rights in EU Law: Some Reflections with Particular Reference to Financial Law |
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169 | (24) |
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13 Comments on Abuse of Rights in EU Law |
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193 | (10) |
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V The Test: Free Movement of Goods and Common Agricultural Policy |
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14 The Emsland-Starke Abuse of Law Test in the Law of Agriculture and Free Movement of Goods |
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203 | (16) |
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15 The Notion of and a General Test for Abuse of Rights: Some Normative Reflections |
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219 | (16) |
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VI The Unknown: Private Law and International Civil Procedure |
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16 Abuse of Law in EU Private Law: A (Re-) Construction from Fragments |
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235 | (18) |
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17 Comments on `Abuse of Law' in European Private Law |
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253 | (8) |
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18 The Rejection of Abuse in International Civil Procedure |
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261 | (18) |
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19 The Discreet Influence of Abuse of Law in International Civil Procedure |
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279 | (12) |
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VII The Exceptions? Free Movement of Workers and Citizenship |
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20 `Prohibition of Abuse of Law': A New General Principle of EU Law |
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291 | (4) |
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21 `Abuse of Law' in the Context of the Free Movement of Workers |
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295 | (20) |
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22 Comments on Abuse of Law and the Free Movement of Workers |
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315 | (6) |
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23 Citizenship of the Union: Above Abuse? |
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321 | (34) |
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24 Some Comments on the Idea of a General Principle of Union Law Prohibiting Abuses of Law in the Field of Free Movement for Union Citizens |
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355 | (10) |
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VIII The Confirmation? Tax Law |
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25 The Anatomy of Tax Avoidance Counteraction: Abuse of Law in a Tax Context at Member State and European Union Level |
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365 | (16) |
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26 Abuse of Law in the Context of Indirect Taxation: From (Before) Emsland-Starke 1 to Halifax (and Beyond) |
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381 | (14) |
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27 Abuse of Law in the Context of Indirect Taxation: Why We Need the Subjective Intention Test, When is Combating Abuse an Obligation and Other Comments |
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395 | (12) |
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28 Cadbury Schweppes and Abuse from an EU Tax Law Perspective |
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407 | (20) |
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29 Cadbury Schweppes and Abuse: Comments |
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427 | (8) |
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30 Cadbury Schweppes' Line of Case Law from the Member States' Perspective |
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435 | (24) |
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31 Cadbury Schweppes: Breach, Abuse Justification and Why They Are Different |
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459 | (10) |
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32 A Single Principle of Abuse in European Union Law: A Methodological Approach to Rejecting a Different Concept of Abuse in Personal Taxation |
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469 | (16) |
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33 Is There a Role for a European Principle Prohibiting Abuse of Law in the Field of Personal Taxation? A Comment |
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485 | (8) |
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34 State Aid, Taxation and Abuse of Law |
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493 | (16) |
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35 Comments on State Aid, Taxation and Abuse of Law |
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509 | (12) |
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35 The Prohibition of Abuse of Law: An Emerging General Principle of EU Law |
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521 | (52) |
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Table of Cases |
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573 | (42) |
Table of Legislation |
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615 | (14) |
Index |
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