Revisiting Judicial Politics in the European Union
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Edited by Mark Dawson, Professor of European Law and Governance, Hertie School, Berlin, Germany, Bruno de Witte, Professor of European Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Elise Muir, Professor of European Law, KU Leuven, Belgium<i>‘</i>Revisiting Judicial Politics in the European Union<i> is a collection edited by Mark Dawson, Bruno de Witte, and Elise Muir, published in 2024 with Edward Elgar Publishing. The volume has 17 chapters, providing up-to-date insights on judicial politics on 378 pages (including the Introduction and six-page Index). The reader is invited to dive into the book and (re-)learn for herself how “the CJEU positions itself as a political as well as legal actor” (p.2). The single-standing contributions adopt an institutional lens. Each contribution highlights a specific aspect of the Court’s work, often in relation to other institutional actors. Together they cover a wide range of areas of European Union (EU) law.’</i>
- Mara Griesehop, European Law Review,
<i>‘This work by Dawson, De Witte and Muir is very welcome, and a “must-have” for students and scholars of EU law. Focusing on the perennially relevant theme of judicial politics, the volume features a stellar line-up of contributors addressing many different dimensions of judicial activism, and the engagement of judicial decision-making with politics in the European Union. The interaction with national courts and the ECHR also figure in several chapters, as do the topical issue areas of migration and asylum, free movement, discrimination, judicial independence, and scientific expertise.’</i>
- Gráinne De Búrca, European University Institute, Italy and New York University, US,
Revisiting Judicial Politics in the European Union explores the variety of interactions between legal and political actors across sensitive policy fields, as well as different ways in which legal institutions engage with political or moral norms. Chapters discuss institutional balance in the EU, the role of judges and experts in judicial politics, the place of fundamental rights in matters of jurisdiction, and the relationship between ordinary national courts and the European Court of Justice.
This timely book provides a unique understanding of the enduring impact of judicial politics in the EU. It will be essential reading for academics studying constitutional and administrative law, European law, and politics, as well as for EU law practitioners and experts working within the EU institutions.