"Contents" [2013] ELECD 412; in Dawson, Mark; De Witte, Bruno; Muir, Elise (eds), "Judicial Activism at the European Court of Justice" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) v

Book Title: Judicial Activism at the European Court of Justice

Editor(s): Dawson, Mark; De Witte, Bruno; Muir, Elise

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939395

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors vii
Preface viii

1 Introduction: the European Court of Justice as a political actor 1
Elise Muir, Mark Dawson and Bruno de Witte
2 The political face of judicial activism: Europe's law-politics
imbalance 11
Mark Dawson
3 The least dangerous branch of European governance? The
European Court of Justice under the checks and balances
doctrine 32
Marcus Höreth
4 Maybe not activist enough? On the Court's alleged neoliberal
bias in its recent labor cases 56
Clemens Kaupa
5 The Court of Justice: a fundamental rights institution among
others 76
Elise Muir
6 Actively talking to each other: the Court and the political
institutions 102
Vassilis Hatzopoulos
7 The European Court of Justice in the face of scientific
uncertainty and complexity 142
Ellen Vos
8 The European Court of Justice and the duty to respect
sensitive national interests 167
Loïc Azoulai
9 A cautionary tale: some insights regarding judicial activism
from the national experience 188
Maartje de Visser


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10 Judicial activism and the European Court of Justice: how
should academics respond? 211
Anthony Arnull
11 The potential of civil society and human rights organizations
through third-party interventions before the European Courts:
the EU's area of freedom, security and justice 233
Sergio Carrera and Bilyana Petkova
12 Strategies developed by ­ and between ­ national governments
to interact with the ECJ 264
Mielle Bulterman and Corinna Wissels

Index 279