National Courts and EU Law ─ New Issues, Theories and Methods

This insightful and discerning book offers a fresh discourse on the functioning of national courts as decentralised EU courts and a new thematic for revising some older understandings of how national judges apply EU law.

Organised into three key sections, the interdisciplinary chapters combine approaches and theories originating from law, political science, sociology and economics. The first section addresses issues relating to judicial dialogue and EU legal mandates, the second looks at the topic of EU law in national courts and the third considers national courts’ roles in protecting fundamental rights in the area of freedom, security and justice. The analysis of each is enriched through diverse research methods such as case-law analysis, citation network analysis, interviews, surveys and statistics.

With its new legal and empirical assessment covering the newest member states of the EU, National Courts and EU Law will hold strong appeal for scholars and students in the fields of EU law, social sciences and humanities. It will also be of use to legal practitioners interested in the issue of judicial application of EU law.

Edited by Bruno de Witte, Professor of European Union Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, part-time professor, European University Institute (EUI), Italy and Co-director of the Maastricht Centre for European Law, Juan A. Mayoral, iCourts – Centre of Excellence for International Courts, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Urszula Jaremba, Europa Instituut, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Marlene Wind, iCourts and Centre for European Politics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and PluriCourts, University of Oslo, Norway and Karolina Podstawa, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, Italy