184: Navigating the Reservoir of Retained EU Law after Brexit
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The Rifjorl Act and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
A lot of EU law references the charter in its preambles. The Rifjorl Act made one important change, which was to say that general principles couldn't be used as a freestanding basis for legal action. They could be used as interpretative aids and as interpretative tools, but you couldn't necessarily rely upon them to bring an action alone.
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