The House referred to the ECJ questions concerning the impact of Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome upon a prohibition against the importation of pornographic articles.
Lord Diplock said: ‘The European Court, in contrast to English courts, applies teleological rather than historical methods to the interpretation of the Treaties and other community legislation. It seeks to give effect to what it conceives to be the spirit rather than the letter of the Treaties; sometimes, indeed, to an English judge, it may seem to the exclusion of the letter. It views the communities as living and expanding organisms and the interpretation of the provisions of the Treaties as changing to match their growth.’
Lord Diplock
[1981] AC 850, [1980] 2 WLR 597
England and Wales
Citing:
Referred to – Regina v Maurice Donald Henn and John Frederick Ernest Darby ECJ 14-Dec-1979
Europa Article 30 of the EEC treaty applies also to prohibitions on imports inasmuch as they are the most extreme form of restriction. The expression used in article 30 must therefore be understood as being the . .
Cited by:
Reference from – Regina v Maurice Donald Henn and John Frederick Ernest Darby ECJ 14-Dec-1979
Europa Article 30 of the EEC treaty applies also to prohibitions on imports inasmuch as they are the most extreme form of restriction. The expression used in article 30 must therefore be understood as being the . .
Cited – Pickstone v Freemans Plc HL 30-Jun-1988
The claimant sought equal pay with other, male, warehouse operatives who were doing work of equal value but for more money. The Court of Appeal had held that since other men were also employed on the same terms both as to pay and work, her claim . .
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European, Crime
Updated: 04 December 2021; Ref: scu.200630