1st Edition

The Power of the European Court of Justice

Edited By Susanne K. Schmidt, R. Daniel Kelemen Copyright 2013
160 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has played a vital role in promoting the process of European integration. In recent years, however, the expansion of EU law has led it to impact ever more politically sensitive issues, and controversial ECJ judgments have elicited unprecedented levels of criticism. Can we expect the Court to sustain its role as a motor of deeper integration without Member States... Read more

1. Introduction – the European Court of Justice and legal integration: perpetual momentum?  2. Who cares about nationality? The path-dependent case law of the ECJ from goods to citizens  3. The reference points of EU judicial politics  4. The political foundations of judicial independence in the European Union  5. Do ECJ judges all speak with the same voice? Evidence of divergent preferences from the judgments of chambers  6. Activism relocated. The self-restraint of the European Court of Justice in its national context  7. Rights adjudication and constitutional pluralism in Germany and Europe  8. With Luxembourg in mind ... the remaking of national policies in the face of ECJ jurisprudence  9. Perpetual momentum: directed and unconstrained?

Biography

Susanne K. Schmidt is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bremen.

R. Daniel Kelemen is Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University.