Problems of interpretation by the European Court of Justice of community legislation on equal treatment for men and women

Writing as a practitioner of the interpretation of Community law, the author provides an illustration, through concrete examples, of how the European Court of Justice proceeds on the basis of provisions dealing with equal treatment for men and women, and of the types of difficulties encountered in this process. Article by Judge Jean-Pierre Puissochet, Counsellor of State, Judge of the European Court of Justice. Taken from a paper given at a Statute Law Society Conference held at Jean Moulin University, Lyon, on 12 and 13 May 2000. Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.