Public Policy and the CJEU’s Power

Emmanuelle Mathieu is a lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne. Her research focuses on comparative public policy and regulatory governance, mainly in the EU and multi-level contexts, as well as in developing countries.Christian Adam is Assistant Professor at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science at the LMU Munich. His research focuses on comparative public policy and public administration where he concentrates in particular on institutional (mis-)behaviour and institutional change.Miriam Hartlapp is Professor for Comparative Politics: Germany and France at the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB). Her research focuses on governance in the EU multi-level system, particularly the European Commission and the role of France and Germany in the EU; implementation, (non-)compliance, and enforcement; as well as regulation of economic and social policies.

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