The European Court of Justice and its Critics

Author: Anthony Arnull; Takis Tridimas
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509962815

Published In: December 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509962853

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This book is an insightful, thought-provoking study of one of the world's most important courts. There is no doubt that the European Court Justice has had a transformative effect on EU Law, but not without controversy.

This book explores these criticisms, asking if concerns over judicial activism, unconventional interpretative methods, conflicts with national courts and over-reach are justified. Drawing on the expertise of leading commentators in their sectors, its ambitious scope explores the question from across the spectrum of EU Law. Its analysis includes the political dimension, giving the fullest understanding of the environment in which the Court and its judgments have operated.

1. The Court of Justice of the EU: An Introduction

Anthony Arnull (University of Birmingham, UK) and Takis Tridimas (Luxembourg Centre for European Law)

2. Van Gend, Costa and the Birth of Europe's New Legal Order

Anthony Arnull (University of Birmingham, UK)

3. Methods of Interpretation and the Court of Justice: Redefining Judicial Activism

Takis Tridimas (Luxembourg Centre for European Law)

4. Reform of the Court of Justice

Gerard Conway (Brunel University, UK)

5. A Dane, a German, and a Pole Walk into a Court: National Courts as Critics of the European Court of Justice

Urška Šadl (European University Institute, Italy)

6. A Union of Peoples and a Fragmenting of Peoples

Gareth Davies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands)