Preliminary references from the Irish Superior Courts to the Court of Justice of the European Union 2009 – 2018

The below datasets have been published as part of the following paper: Barry Rodger, Imelda Maher and Rónán Riordan, A decade of EU law in the courts of Scotland and Ireland: national legal systems compared, Legal Studies (2021) 1 - 25. https://cup.org/2Oj7y41

The excel file entitled 'IE_267_REF_DATA_2009-2018.xlsx' complies references from Irish Courts and Tribunals to the Court of Justice of the European Union via the preliminary reference procedure under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This dataset records not only references from the Irish superior courts, but also from lower courts and tribunals within the state. Data was complied using information available on the Court of Justices website Curia.europa.eu. This dataset includes both civil and criminal law cases referred to the CJEU for clarification during the period.

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