CONSISTENCY OF THE PRACTICE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NATIONAL COURTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE RULE OF LAW

УДК 340.13; 342.7

ORCID: 0000-0001-6439-5927

DOI 10.37566/2707-6849-2025-2(51)-5

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Olga BALATSKA,

Judge of the Rivne City Court of Rivne Region,

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor

CONSISTENCY OF THE PRACTICE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NATIONAL COURTS

IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE RULE OF LAW

This article is devoted to the study of the legal nature and general principles of the EU doctrine of the rule of law based on an analysis of the EU acquis and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Based on an analysis of EU law and its judicial interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is determined that the rule of law is a European value on which the EU is founded and its legal order functions, and a general legal principle of EU law that determines the priority of the EU acquis. The article establishes the law-making potential of the doctrine of the supremacy of EU law, which has specific manifestations and consequences based on the results of the application of EU acquis by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Keywords: rule of law, constitutionalization, fundamental human rights, effective judicial protection, legal order, law-making, case law, principles of law, priority, interpretation of law, EU acquis.

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