Judging Europe’s Judges

Maurice Adams is Professor of General Jurisprudence and 'vfund' Professor of Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law at Tilburg University, and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Antwerp and Leuven.Henri de Waele is Senior Lecturer in European Union Law at Radboud University Nijmegen and Guest Professor of European Institutional Law at the University of Antwerp.Johan Meeusen is Vice-Rector and Professor of European Union Law and Private International Law at the University of Antwerp, and former holder of a Jean Monnet Chair ad personam.Gert Straetmans is Professor of European Economic and Commercial Law at the University of Antwerp, and Visiting Professor at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wihelms-Universität Bonn.

• Introduction: Judging Europe's Judges Maurice Adams, Henri de Waele, Johan Meeusen and Gert Straetmans1. The Court's Outer and Inner Selves: Exploring the External and Internal Legitimacy of the European Court of Justice Koen Lenaerts2. Adjudication by Reference to General Principles of EU Law: A Second Look at the Mangold Case Law Ján Mazák and Martin Moser3. The Court's Case Law on the Internal Market: 'A Circumloquacious Statement of the Result, Rather than a Reason for Arriving at It'? Stephen Weatherill4. The Legitimacy of Free Movement Case Law: Process and Substance Jukka Snell5. The Bubble that Burst: Exploring the Legitimacy of the Case Law on the Free Movement of Union Citizens Michael Dougan6. Towards 'Real' Citizenship? The Judicial Construction of Union Citizenship and its Limits Daniel Thym7. Placing the European Union in International Context: Legitimacy of the Case Law Eileen Denza8. Of Feasibility and Silent Elephants: The Legitimacy of the Court of Justice through the Eyes of National Courts Michal BobekEpilogue: Judging the Judges – Apology and Critique JHH Weiler

... a fascinating volume that addresses the legitimacy of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It would be of particular interest to those working on the ‘hard cases’ recently decided by the CJEU, but also more generally to anyone interested in European law.