This paper explores the issue of the true and fair view (TFV) and the overriding principle within the European Union (EU), via a legally based analysis of the relationship between EU and national laws. We apply the supremacy of European law to methods of incorporating the TFV into national...

The paper discusses the process for the endorsement of an IFRS in the European Union with regard to its compliance with teleological principles and with regard to the true and fair view. It begins with an exposition of the teleological principle under Roman law and its relationship to the true...