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Examines the European Court as an institutional actor and how it exercises additional, quasi-legislative functions beyond its original mandate. Essential reading for EU scholars in the fields of law and political science with interests in the study of the Court of Justice and its institutional role in European integration.
Sommario
Introduction; 1. The EU Treaty framework as constitutional touchstone; 2. The EU Treaty framework and the constitutional context of European integration; 3. The Court of Justice, the Treaty framework, and constitutional issue No. 1; 4. The Court of Justice, the Treaty framework and constitutional issue No. 2; 5. The Court of Justice, The Treaty framework and constitutional issue No. 3; 6. The feedback loop: the Court of Justice and its interlocutors; 7. Conclusion: three contemporary problems, four reform proposals.
Info autore
Thomas Horsley is Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool. He specialises in EU constitutional law, with a particular focus on the Court of Justice. He has published widely in leading international journals and edited collections on EU law and European integration. Thomas has also given evidence to the House of Lords EU Select Committee, acted as UK Rapporteur at the 2014 FIDE Congress and authored the annual legal developments contribution for the Journal of Common Market Studies (2014–16). He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh (2009–11), funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Examines the European Court as an institutional actor and how it exercises additional, quasi-legislative functions beyond its original mandate. Essential reading for EU scholars in the fields of law and political science with interests in the study of the Court of Justice and its institutional role in European integration.
