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Nosova E.S. Influence of the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union upon the establishment of the European Union legislation

Abstract: The European Court of Justice was created to resolve legal disputes of the European Union Member States in order to ensure compliance and uniform interpretation of regulations, but with the passage of time, its role has been expanded. Analyzing court cases reviewed by the Court of Justice, the one can see that at some point of its activities, due to the absence of the Constitution, the Court has assumed the role of the legislator, has expanded allotted range of rights and obligations, thus becoming, institutional personal of unprecedented nature. The object of this article is to study the role of the EU Court of Justice in the development of EU law. The subject of research are the rules of EU law,Court decisions, also the author pay attention to the views of prominent Russian and foreign scientists in the field of European law. The methodology of this study are systematic methods, comparative legal and logical analysis. In this paper, the author analyzes the theoretical basis for the existence of this phenomenon in the modern world, and defines the role of the EU Court of Justice in the light of its contemporary judgments. The special contribution of the author in the research topics is the comparative analysis of the positions of authoritative scientists in relation to the actual role of the EU Court of Justice and the impact of its decisions on the establishment and functioning of the European Union as a whole; historical genesis and theoretical basis of the occurrence of this phenomenon, as well as the definition of "judicial activism" through the prism of the concept of judicial decisions of the Court of Justice.

Keywords:

non-discrimination principle, court practice, human rights protection, rule of law interpretation, EU law principles, EU Court of Justice, European union, EU functioning, supremacy of law, direct effect

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