Principles of Law: Function, Status and Impact in EU Tax Law

Type Book

Series

GREIT Series

Editor(s)

Cécile Brokelind

Date of publication

November 2014

DOI https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc

Special offer

Order the print together with any electronic format of the same title and receive a 20% discount on each format. The discount is calculated automatically in your shopping cart.
Bulk discounts apply on orders of 11 or more books of the same format (this applies to each of the formats). The offer is not valid for resellers.
Students are entitled to a 50% discount on IBFD books and 20% discount on third party books (valid student card required).

To obtain bulk or student discounts, contact Customer Support.

Online books

Access your online books on the Tax Research Platform.
Don’t have a Tax Research Platform subscription?
Learn more

Principles of Law: Function, Status and Impact in EU Tax Law

This book provides an in-depth analysis of 20 principles of law, vital to EU and/or domestic tax law.

Why this book?

Principles of Law: Function, Status and Impact in EU Tax Law, investigates the role and importance of unwritten sources of legislation in EU tax law, such as the principles of law. This area of legal studies shows many contradictory statements and the book serves as a platform to better understand and clarify these contradictions.

The key issue in this research is the identification of the coercive force of the principles of law, which are unwritten sources of law, in contrast to that of other, written, sources of law. The hypothesis is that principles of law take precedence over a series of written rules in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) and of the Member States domestic courts dealing with EU tax law.

In order to demonstrate this hypothesis, the contributors to this book were invited to select one principle of law and address the following questions: Does the principle of law in question have a normative or interpretative value? Does it make any difference that the Court of Justice of the European Union has declared the principles of law of “general” or “fundamental” value? When “your” principle collides with another one, how will the ECJ/domestic Supreme Court determine the order of application? If so, which principles are supported by the supreme force of law and should be referred to by the judge as a constitutional norm? What is the consequence for direct and/or indirect taxes?

This book is the outcome of the 8th GREIT conference that was held in Lund on 19 and 20 June 2013. It comprises the findings of the 20 speakers, on three main themes, investigating the use and misuse of principles, the constitutional value of principles of law, and the principles of law underlying tax systems.

Downloads

Sample excerpt, including table of contents

This book is part of the GREIT series

View other titles in the series

Editor(s)

Cécile Brokelind

Contributor(s)

Cécile Brokelind, Ana Paula Dourado, Joachim Englisch, Xavier Groussot, Daniel Gutmann, Marjaana Helminen, Sigrid Hemels, Oskar Henkow, Jörgen Hettne, Georg Kofler, Guglielmo Maisto, Ingrid Olsson, Robert Påhlsson, Marta Papis, Alice Pirlot, Pasquale Pistone, Madeleine Simonek, Thidaporn Sirithaporn, Edoardo Traversa, Frans Vanistendael, Peter J. Wattel, Dennis Weber, Adam Zalasinski.
















Principles of Law: Function, Status and Impact in EU Tax Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc
Chapter 1: Introduction: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc001
Chapter 2: European Legal Principles and National Legal Challenges: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc002
Chapter 3: The Role of (Legal) Principles in EU Tax Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc003
Chapter 4: Clarifying or Diluting the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights? – The Judgments in Åkerberg Fransson and Melloni from 26 February 2013: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc004
Chapter 5: The EU Law Dimension of Human Rights in Tax Matters: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc005
Chapter 6: Tax Sovereignty and Territoriality under Siege: How Far Should the EU Freedoms of Movement Impact on the Territorial Allocation of Taxing Powers between Member States?: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc006
Chapter 7: Equality in Taxation: Reflections on the Social Construction of Comparability in Tax Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc007
Chapter 8: The Principle of Effectiveness: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc008
Chapter 9: Access to Effective Legal Remedy: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc009
Chapter 10: No Taxation without Representation in the European Union: Democracy, Patriotism and Taxes: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc010
Chapter 11: Legal Certainty, Legitimate Expectations, Legislative Drafting, Harmonization and Legal Enforcement in EU Tax Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc011
Chapter 12: Direct Applicability and Direct Effect: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc012
Chapter 13: The Principle of Proportionality and (European) Tax Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc013
Chapter 14: The Principle of Good Faith in Swiss Domestic and International Tax Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc014
Chapter 15: Accessorium Sequitur Principale – The Issue of Defining the Tax Object for VAT Purposes: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc015
Chapter 16: The Principle of Neutrality in EU VAT: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc016
Chapter 17: The Principle of Elimination of Double Taxation under EU Law – Does it Exist?: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc017
Chapter 18: Fairness: A Legal Principle in EU Tax Law?: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc018
Chapter 19: Ability to Pay: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc019
Chapter 20: Tax Authorities and EU Law: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc020
Other Titles in the GREIT Series: https://doi.org/10.59403/2cjspcc021