The Transformation or Reconstitution of Europe : The Critical Legal Studies Perspective on the Role of the Courts in the European Union.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Transformation or Reconstitution of Europe: The European Critical Legal Studies Perspective -- I. Changing the Paradigm as a Response to Social Change -- II. Critical Legal Studies and European Legal Thought -- III. Critical Legal Studies in the European Union Context -- Part II: Adjudication and the Transformation of Law and Society -- 2. On Textualist and Purposivist Interpretation (Challenges and Problems) -- I. The Interpretive Situation-Recurrent Tensions and Conflicts -- II. Textualism -- III. Purposivism -- IV. Conclusion -- 3. Proportionality and 'Deference' in Contemporary Constitutional Thought -- I. Contemporary Legal Thought -- II. A Hypothetical Judge in a Hypothetical Situation -- III. Deference -- IV. Deciding on the Basis of Proportionality to Cast Proportionality as Deduction or Teleology to Avoid Bad Consequences of Candour -- V. Conclusion: Judging and Politics as a Vocation -- Part III: The Role of the ECJ in the Transformation or Reconstitution of Europe -- 4. Discovering the Law of the EU: The European Court of Justice and the Comparative Law Method -- I. The Comparative Law Method -- II. The ECJ's Evaluative Approach -- III. Concluding Remarks -- 5. Ideology and Legal Reasoning at the European Court of Justice -- I. Introduction -- II. About the European Court of Justice -- III. There Must be Ideology behind the ECJ's Decisions -- IV. Difficulties of Discovering Ideology in Adjudication -- V. Why do Courts Deny Ideology in Adjudication? -- VI. Conclusions -- 6. Judicial Appointments, Judicial Independence and the European High Courts -- I. Introduction -- II. The Reforms -- III. The Theory: Tactical Approaches to Judicial Independence -- IV. Connecting the Tactical Theory to the European Practice -- V. Conclusion: A More Complex Picture.

Part IV: Substantive Law of the EU and the Transformation of Europe -- 7. Transformation or Reconstitution of National Regulatory Policies at the EU Level: Insiders and Outsiders under Free Movement Rules -- I. Introduction: An Old Paradigm through a New Lens -- II. Key Concepts and Premises -- III. Role of the Court in the Treatment of Insiders and Outsiders -- IV. Conclusion -- 8. Useful Effect of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant -- I. Introduction -- II. The Quest for Legitimacy -- III. Normative Context and Added Value of the EAW -- IV. Implementation of the EAW and Its Useful Effect -- V. Final Remarks -- Part V: Academic Discourse and the Transformation of Europe -- 9. Reflections on European Legal Formalism -- I. An Account of European Legal Culture -- II. Formalism and Anti-formalism -- III. Legitimacy -- IV. Conclusion -- 10. Legal Scholarship and External Critique in EU Law -- I. Introduction: Nostalgia and Engagement -- II. EU Law Scholarship as Engagement -- III. Distributive Arguments in Adjudicatory Practice -- IV. External Critique: The Role of European Scholars -- V. Scholarship and the Challenge of Indeterminacy -- Index.

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