The European Court and Legal Integration: An Exceptional Story or Harbinger of the Future?

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alter, Karen J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative politics; ECJ; European law; Integration; International courts; International law; Preliminary ruling mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920497222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199208425.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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