National courts and the European Court of Justice: A public choice analysis of the preliminary reference procedure

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-145

  Tridimas, George ^a   Tridimas, Takis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Court of Justice; Judicial empowerment; National courts; Preliminary rulings; Principal agent relation; Rational choice; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142712809     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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