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International Actors and the Formation of Laws
EU law and the national laws of the EU Member States are closely
interwoven. From a historical point of view, they form two different legal orders,
but they may today be viewed as forming part of the same legal system. The chapter
explains the relationship between EU law and national law by looking first at the
status of EU law in national law and then at the relevance of national law to EU law.
The status and impact of EU law in domestic legal systems have already received a
great deal of attention in the legal doctrine, and the chapter therefore particularly
focuses on the second aspect, which has to date received far less attention. The role
domestic laws play at the EU level is examined here by looking at the different
functions that Member State national laws have in an EU law context by examining
the relevance of national material (substantive) and procedural and institutional laws
at the EU level
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