Taking the EU to Court
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"This hugely original and thought-provoking book provides much needed empirical and theoretical insight into an under-studied area of EU law and policy. By analysing the legal strategies used by diverse litigants to advance their policy goals before the European Courts, it fills an important gap in our current understanding of EU integration. It will be essential reading for all those interested in the interface between political science and EU law." (Mark Dawson, Hertie School of Governance Berlin, Germany)
"This is an excellent book. The authors' analysis is based on an impressive foundation of both quantitative and qualitative data. The approach taken to analyze how litigation matters for the development of Europe's multilevel policy is novel and persuasive. The book undoubtedly makes a major contribution to the study of the role of judicial conflicts in the EU and, more broadly, the role of law and its contestation in the EU's evolution." (Klaus H. Goetz, author of Managing Moneyand Discord in the UN (with R. Patz, 2019))
"This is an excellent book on the link between politics and law. In the growing political science literature on the Court of Justice of the European Union, the authors have managed a real
tour de force
in showing to what extent initiating action for annulment is, in fact, a political decision of stakeholders. Empirically rich and theoretically subtle, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding legal conflict management in a multi-level system such as the European Union." (Sabine Saurugger, Sciences Po Grenoble, Laboratoire Pacte, France)
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Christian Adam is Assistant Professor at the Geschwister Scholl Institute for Political Science, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Germany.
Michael W. Bauer holds the Jean Monnet Chair for Comparative Public Administration and Policy Analysis at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. He is also a part-time professor at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Miriam Hartlapp is Professor of Comparative Politics: Germany and France at the Freie University Berlin, Germany. She previously held chairs at Leipzig (2014-17) and Bremen University (2013-14) and worked at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne.
Emmanuelle Mathieu is Lecturer at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously, she was a Marie Curie research fellow at the Barcelona Institute for International Studies, Spain.