The European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice, a Case Study in Judicial Activism. Includes: Draft International Antitrust Code, July 1993 2 Article in French by Jean-Louis Dewost, 1979 and 1981 2 articles from the Romanian Journal of European Affairs, Vol 6, No. 3 and 4, 2006 Handwritten notes, 1962 'Inaugural Lecture', sent to Nicoll by Alan Dashwood with a handwritten note, November 1995 Draft of minutes to a meeting of International Association of Former Officials of the EC UK branch, March 1992 Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliment and of the Council, 1996 Reprint from an article from The International and Comparative Law Quarterly by Ivo E. Schwartz, 'Article 235 and Law-Making Powers in the European Community' 1978 Article printed and sent to Nicoll by 'David', by D. Gordon-Smith (perhaps the same person), 'The Drafting Process in the European Community' Article by Dr Edward Best printed in EIPASCOPE, 'Alternative Regulations or Complementary Methods?: Evolving Options in European Governance', 2003 Article from E!Sharp, 'Can Europe's Judge be Trusted?', 2004 Article from European Business Journal by sir David Edward, 'Luxembourg in Retrospect: a New Europe in Prospect', 2004 Case study by Robert S. Tancer and Claude Mosseri-Marlio, 'Intellectual Property Rights Exhaustion', 2004 Booklet by the European Commission, 'Living in an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Justice and Home Affairs in the European Union', 2001 Magazine cutting of an article in French from EIPASCOPE by Dr Michel Mangenot, 2005 Article from Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol 47(5), by Syed Tariq Anwar, 'EU's Competition Policy and the GE-Honeywell Merger Fiasco: Transatlantic Divergence and Consumer and Regulatory Issues', 2005 Magazine cutting of a table of Infringement cases brought before the Court of Justice by member states taken from EIPASCOPE, 2006 Article from EIPASCOPE by Jose F. Castillo Garcia, 'The Power of the European Community to Impose Criminal Penalties', 2005 Printout of an article from European Business Journal by Albertina Albors-Llorens, 'The Changing Face of EC Competition Law: Reform or Revolution?', 2002 Printout of online article, 'Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform: Summary of Agreement of 26 June 2003', June 2003 Typed notes, 'Europe in Law'

Born in Dundee, Sir William Nicoll was an only child. Growing up in a tenement, his father was a joiner. He attended Morgan Academy, then won a scholarship to University College, Dundee, which was then part of the University of St Andrews.
Nicoll passed the civil service exams and moved to London in 1949 to join the Board of Trade. Married Helen Morison in 1954, at the same time he became Editor of The Reel, a post he held in 1954 and 1955. The next year he was posted to Calcutta as trade commissioner, cutting short his editorship. Within ten years he had risen to become private secretary to Douglas Jay, the Labour heavyweight whom Harold Wilson had appointed president of the Board of Trade.
From there Nicoll was seconded to the Foreign Office and served 20 years as one of the UK's senior men in Brussels. He became familiar with the French language and had a narrow escape from an IRA letter bomb while there.
Nicoll rose to become Director General of the Council of the European Communities, and was knighted in 1992. In retirement, he lectured, edited the European Business Journal, wrote books on the European Union and advised candidate countries hoping to join it.
Sir William was a lifelong teetotaller, and keen Scottish country dancer.

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Born in Dundee, Sir William Nicoll was an only child. Growing up in a tenement, his father was a joiner. He attended Morgan Academy, then won a scholarship to University College, Dundee, which was then part of the University of St Andrews.
Nicoll passed the civil service exams and moved to London in 1949 to join the Board of Trade. Married Helen Morison in 1954, at the same time he became Editor of The Reel, a post he held in 1954 and 1955. The next year he was posted to Calcutta as trade commissioner, cutting short his editorship. Within ten years he had risen to become private secretary to Douglas Jay, the Labour heavyweight whom Harold Wilson had appointed president of the Board of Trade.
From there Nicoll was seconded to the Foreign Office and served 20 years as one of the UK's senior men in Brussels. He became familiar with the French language and had a narrow escape from an IRA letter bomb while there.
Nicoll rose to become Director General of the Council of the European Communities, and was knighted in 1992. In retirement, he lectured, edited the European Business Journal, wrote books on the European Union and advised candidate countries hoping to join it.
Sir William was a lifelong teetotaller, and keen Scottish country dancer.

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