This essay examines, first, the reasons for the extraordinary impact and iconic status which attached to Van Gend en Loos. It argues that the explanation lies in a confluence of structural factors and not in the "direct effect" doctrine simpliciter. It then looks at the ‘darker’ side of the case — a proxy for governance — its contribution to a European narrative of efficiency which disregards the traditional mechanism of democratic legitimacy.
Van Gend en Loos: The Individual as Subject and Object and the Dilemma of European Legitimacy
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