"Our sovereignty has been taken away by the European Court of Justice...Our courts must no longer enforce our national laws. They must enforce Community law...No longer is European law an incoming tide flowing up the estuaries of England. It is now like a tidal wave bringing down our sea walls and flowing inland over our fields and houses—to the dismay of all."
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Anglicans from the United KingdomCentenariansUniversity of Oxford facultyUniversity of Oxford alumniJudges from England
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Introduction to The European Court of Justice: Judges or Policy Makers? (London: Bruges Group, 1990)
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