Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The way in which the principles of review have developed has been affected by the jurisdictional divide between the CJEU and GC, and between these courts and national courts. This chapter analyses the central structural and jurisdictional features of the present system, and considers the caseload problems of the EU courts and the techniques available to limit the cases that are heard. The focus then shifts to the aims that should underlie reform of the Union’s judicial architecture. The bulk of the chapter is concerned with the relationship between the CJEU and the GC, and that between the EU courts and the national courts. Two important papers concerning the EU’s judicial architecture that generated significant discussion and comment are considered. There is also a discussion on the 2024 judicial reforms, which accorded the GC power over certain limited categories of preliminary ruling.</jats:p>