ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to examine the reforms resulting from the Nice Treaty from the viewpoint of the protection of individual rights, and through such a process offer ideas for evaluation in planning future changes to the judicial system. The judicial system of the European Union has played a vital role in the process of European integration. The increase of the number of judges is also a simple method to solve the caseload problem of any judicial system. While there are several improvements on the effectiveness of the Community judiciary in the Nice Treaty, it must be recognized that swift justice does not always satisfy the requirements necessary for proper justice. The Nice Treaty finally adopted the option of transferring certain limited jurisdiction over preliminary rulings to the Court of First Instance. The design of the judicial system in the Community is closely related to the essential relationship between the EC and the Member States.
