Social Legitimacy in the Internal Market

Jotte Mulder is an Assistant Professor at the Europa Institute, at the University of Utrecht.

• I. BackgroundII. The Argument III. Approach IV. Outlook and Contribution 1. Social Legitimacy, the Social Sphere and Embeddedness within the Internal Market I. The Normative Framework of Social Legitimacy II. The Social Sphere within the Internal Market III. The Instructive Value of Embeddedness IV. Transnational Effects and the Legitimacy of the Social DeficitV. Social Legitimacy in the Context of Internal Market AdjudicationVI. Outlook 2. Social Legitimacy in EU Free Movement LawI. Introduction II. Valuation, Indeterminacy and Incommensurability in Free Movement Adjudication III. The Proportionality Analysis of the Court IV. A Dialogue of Mutual Responsiveness V. Conclusion 3. Social Legitimacy in EU Competition Law I. Introduction II. Valuation, Indeterminacy and Incommensurability in EU Competition Law III. Responsiveness in the Case Law of the Court IV. A Dialogue of Mutual Responsiveness V. Conclusion 4. Social Legitimacy in EU State Aid Law I. Introduction II. Valuation, Indeterminacy and Incommensurability in State Aid Law III. Responsiveness in the Case Law of the Court IV. A Dialogue of Mutual Responsiveness V. Conclusion 5. Conclusion: Social Legitimacy in the Internal Market on the Basis of a Dialogue of Mutual Responsiveness I. The Argument as a Whole: Normative Claims and Results II. Social Legitimacy in the Internal Market: Free Movement, Competition and State Aid III. Some Final Remarks

Thinking about how to structure social and economic life in a diverse Europe is perhaps the most challenging question that we can ask today. Answering it requires thick theoretical analysis, work on comparative institutionalism, empirical studies, and nuanced visions of the political and constitutional implications of the legal dimension of economic integration. Mulder’s book is an accomplished account of the latter, which will prove highly relevant for all scholars working on the wider question.