The judiciary as legislator? How the European court of justice shapes policy-making in the European union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1128-1146

  Wasserfallen, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ECJ; European Court of Justice; European social co ordination; Judicial law making; Judicial politics; Legal integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349273967     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.513559     Document Type: Article

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