Judicial Protection in the European Economic Area

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The volume contains the speeches and discussions of the international conference hosted by the EFTA Court on 17 June 2011 on Judicial Protection in the European Economic Area. The book is divided into four parts.In the first Chapter which bears the title Fundamentals, President Carl Baudenbacher offers his thoughts on the EFTA Court reaching maturity. Former Judge Sven Norberg examines the role of the EFTA Court in guaranteeing justice in the European Economic Area. Professor Hans Petter Graver, Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Oslo, provides broad reflections on Doing Justice in general and former ESA President Knut Almestad looks into the subject of EEAEFTA States flirting with the idea of opting out of relevant new legislation.Under the heading Access to Justice in the EEA ESA College Member Sabine Monauni-Touml;mouml;rdi, Judge Paacute;ll Hreinsson at the time of the conference a Justice of the Icelandic Supreme Court and Professor John Temple Lang discuss the role of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, the situation in Iceland in the field of preliminary references and the duty of national courts to provide access to the EFTA Court.