An Ever More Powerful Court?

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen is a professor at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science. Her research focuses on EU welfare policies, investigating in particular the interaction between law and politics in European integration and Europeanisation. Her work has appeared in journals such as Public Administration, American Review of Public Administration, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, West European Politics and European Union Politics.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. The Court of Justice of the European Union: Master of Integration? ; 3. A Social Policy for the European Union ; 4. Battles on Working Time: Rejecting Court Influence ; 5. Patients' Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare: Modifying Judicial Influence ; 6. Regulating the Posting of Workers: Rejecting and Modifying Court Influence ; 7. Conclusion ; Annex 1 Major Commission Proposals Social and Healthcare Policies 1957-2014 ; Annex 2 Judicial Influence on Policy Outputs over Time ; Annex 3 From Proposal to Final Adopted Act ; Annex 4 Adding to Annex IIa Over the Years

Through the use of compelling empirical evidence and analytical research, Martinsen's book presents a refreshing view of the complexities in the relationship between judicial and political influence. It shakes to the core the widely accepted view of the judicial supremacy of the ECJ by advancing a novel theoretical insight.