de Witte, Bruno; Mayoral, A. Juan; Jaremba, Urszula; Wind, Marlene; Podstawa, Karolina --- "National Courts and EU Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) [2016] ELECD 865

Editor(s): de Witte, Bruno; Mayoral, A. Juan; Jaremba, Urszula; Wind, Marlene; Podstawa, Karolina

Title: National Courts and EU Law

Sub-title: New Issues, Theories and Methods

Series: Judicial Review and Cooperation series

Topics: Constitutional and Administrative Law; European Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 24 June 2016

Number of pages: c 288

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783479894

EISBN: 9781783479900

Abstract/Description:

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.