European Law
Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
European law, laws, and legal traditions are either shared by or characteristic of the countries of Europe. Broadly speaking, European law can refer to the historical, institutional, and intellectual elements that European legal systems tend to have in common; in this sense, it is more or less equivalent to Western law. More commonly and more specifically, however, European law refers to the supranational law, especially of the European Union, that unites most of the national legal systems within Europe.
Recommended Citation
Carozza, Paolo G., "European Law" (2008). Book Chapters. 116.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/book_chapters/116
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Publication Information
in Encyclopedia Britannica (2008).