Delaney and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives: lessons for the teaching of EU law

Marson, James; Ferris, Katy

Abstract

A recent series of cases relating to the EU Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives and their application in the UK makes for interesting reading. It is the UK’s negligent transposition, and a lack of knowledge and awareness by lawyers and judges in the cases of the interaction between domestic and EU law, which compounds the negative effects. The issues raised in Delaney v Pickett [2011] and Delaney v Secretary of State [2014] do not just generate concern as to the implications they have for the application of EU law principles, but have resonance with the way in which EU law is taught in many universities. In this article we suggest that reconsidering the method and purpose of EU teaching may better serve the EU-lawyers needed for the future.

Citation

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (in press). Delaney and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives: lessons for the teaching of EU law. Law Teacher, 51(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201742

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 12, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Aug 25, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 7, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2017
• Journal: The Law Teacher
• Print ISSN: 0306-9400
• Electronic ISSN: 1943-0353
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201742
• Keywords: EU Law, comparative, training, clinical legal education
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/804578
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201742
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Law Teacher on 25 August 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201742
• Contract Date: Jun 7, 2017