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The European Court of Justice as a Context-Conscious Lawmaker

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The European Court of Justice as a Context-Conscious Lawmaker

Author: Urška Šadl
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509968213

Published In: February 2026
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781509968121

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Courts are context-conscious. They solve legal disputes with societal impact in mind, using interpretive tools and procedural means. This book develops concepts and methods for a systematic and legally informative analysis of this complex process. The evidence delivered prompts a conversation about the authority courts have to change the law. The analysis focuses on the European Court of Justice and its free movement case law. The framework and theory, however, are relevant to courts and case law everywhere. This is a compelling and intriguing examination of the ECJ and its shaping of a key tenet of EU law.

Introduction

1. The Mechanisms and the Mechanics of Judging

a. The Argument

b. The Puzzle

c. The Structure (analysis)

d. Motivation and Contribution

e. Chapter by Chapter Outline

PART I: The Analytical Framework

2. Context Conscious Judging as the Object of Inquiry in Social Sciences and Legal Theory

a. Theories of Judging

i. Maximizing Values (Consequentialism)

ii. Minimizing Conflict (Incrementalism)

iii. Maximizing Power (Strategy)

iv. Maintaining Authority (Legal diplomacy)

b. The European Court of Justice as the Object of Normative, Empirical, and Socio-Legal Inquiry

i. The 'Integrationist' Reasoning (Critique of the Court)

ii. The Court's Legal Means and its Political Success

3. Good Judgment as a Distinct Form of Context Conscious Judging

a. Prototype of Judicial Decision-Making

b. Good Judgments as a Departure from the Prototype

i. Good Judgment and the 'Correct' Meaning of the Norm

ii. Deference

iii. Restriction-Justification Reasoning

c. A Typology of Good Judgment

i. Europeanization Without Sanction

ii. Deferential Upholding of European Rights

iii. Bounded Interpretation

4. Approach and Method

a. The Annotation Process: Nuance in a Comprehensive Analysis of Case Law

b. The Legal Characteristics of Free Movement Case Law

c. Reconstructing Case Context: Facts, Institutional Factors, and Politics

PART II: The Mechanics of Discreet Judgments / Analysis

5. Persons

a. The Rights and the Reality of Free Movement / Choice of Policy Area

b. Emblematic Cases

i. Non-Sanctioning Europeanization of National Policies: Groener

v Facts

v Justification

v Context

v Implications

ii. Deferential Upholding of European Rights: Vaassen-Göbbels

v Facts

v Justification

v Context

v Implications

iii. Bounded Interpretation: Blaizot

v Facts

v Justification

v Context

v Implications

c. Good Judgment 1954 – 2020: Trends and Patterns

6. Goods

a. The National Product in the Common Market

b. Three Forms of Justification: Emblematic Cases

c. The Forms of Reasoning 1954 – 2020: Trends and Patterns

PART III: The Mechanism(s)

Varieties of Good Judgment in Free Movement Case Law

d. Case Motivated Good Judgment

i. Reconstructing the Facts

ii. Personal Characteristics of Applicants

e. The Institutional Changes and Good Judgment

i. The Chamber System

ii. The Sitting Formation and the Working Culture

f. Externally Motivated Good Judgment

i. Reconstructing the Broader Economic and Political Context

ii. Vital State Interests and European Rights

g. Other Forms of Good Judgment

i. Good Judgment as Exceptional Events / Limitations of the Analysis

ii. Presentation of Facts in Judgments

iii. Selective Treatment of Precedents

h. Temporal Dynamics of Good Judgment

Conclusion

7. The Implications of Discreet Judging

a. Summary of the Argument and the Main Findings of the Analysis

b. Normative Considerations

c. Toward a Revisionist Theory of Judicial Lawmaking

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