In 1989, the European project was at the crossroads. The reaction of Europe to the fall of the Berlin wall was creation of the European Union and integration of former communist states of Eastern Europe.Now the enlargement processis continuingtowards the South-East Europe.Immensechallengesposed by the market integration imperativeand democratic transition have broughtabout differentreactionsin national legal systems and legal cultures of both, old and newMember States.The Europe has re-united, but howabout theconvergenceof national legal cultures? This volume seeks to discuss the questions of...
In 1989, the European project was at the crossroads. The reaction of Europe to the fall of the Berlin wall was creation of the European Union and inte...
It is generally understood that EU law as interpreted by the ECJ has not merely reconstituted the national legal matrix at the supranational level, but has also transformed Europe and shaken the well-established, often formalist, ways of thinking about law in the Member States. This innovative new study seeks to examine such a narrative through the lens of the American critical legal studies (CLS) perspective. The introduction explains how the editors understand CLS and why its methodology is relevant in the European context. Part II examines whether and how judges embed policy choices or...
It is generally understood that EU law as interpreted by the ECJ has not merely reconstituted the national legal matrix at the supranational level, bu...
