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Zusatztext Karen Alter has done more than any other scholar to show how the social, political, and historical context in which the European Court of Justice is embedded shapes its role and impact. The four thresholds that she identifies also provide a basic for a comparative analysis of the role of international courts in world politics. With its lucid new introduction,The European Court's Political Power is a "must read" for anyone seeking to understand international courts. Informationen zum Autor Karen J. Alter is Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University. She is the author of Establishing the Supremacy of European Law: The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe (OUP: 2001). Klappentext This volume collects the influential work of Karen Alter analysing the ECJ's controversial influence on European politics. Together, the essays cover the entire history of the institution, from the early days of the Coal and Steel Community, through the activist transformation of the European legal system, to the current period of an enlarged EU. Zusammenfassung This volume collects the influential work of Karen Alter analysing the ECJ's controversial influence on European politics. Together, the essays cover the entire history of the institution, from the early days of the Coal and Steel Community, through the activist transformation of the European legal system, to the current period of an enlarged EU. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Studying the European Court of Justice 1: The European Court's Political Power Across Time and Space (2009) 2: The European Court and Legal Integration: An Exceptional Story or Harbinger of the Future? (2008) II. The ECJ During the Founding Period of Legal Integration (1952-1980) 4: Jurist Advocacy Movements in Europe: The Role of Euro-Law Associations in European Integration (1953-1975) (2009) 5: The European Court's Political Power: The Emergence of an Authoritative International Court in the European Union (1996) 6: Who are the 'Masters of the Treaty'? European Governments and the European Court of Justice (1998) III. The ECJ and its Varied Influence on European Policy and Politics (1980-2005) 7: Judicial Politics in the European Community: European Integration and the Pathbreaking Cassis de Dijon decision with Sophie Meunier (1994) 8: Explaining Variation in the Use of European Litigation Strategies: European Community Law and British Gender Equality Policy with Jeannette Vargas (2000) 9: The European Union's Legal System and Domestic Policy: Spillover or Backlash? (2000) 10: Banana Splits: Nested and Overlapping Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute with Sophie Meunier (2006) IV. Beyond European Court Politics- The ECJ in a Comparative Perspective 11: Agents or Trustees? International Courts in their Political Context (2008) 12: Private Litigants and the New International Courts (2006) 13: Law and Politics in Europe and Beyond (2009) ...
