Judicial independence

External strategic interactions - the CJEU in relation with other actors

What are the strategic considerations guiding decision making by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)?

The European Court of Justice, an able and unwilling lawmaker: evidence from 920 free movement of persons judgments

(2024) Revisiting Judicial Politics in the European Union, Edward Elgar Publishing. pp 282-304. This chapter inquires whether the European Court of Justice (the Court, ECJ) authoritatively settles or cautiously avoids salient legal matters in times of political division.

Judicial behavior: Decision makers in the CJEU

I open the black box of the decision-making process to consider governments’ and judges’ strategic behavior in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Building legitimacy: strategic case allocations in the Court of Justice of the European Union

(2020) Journal of European Public Policy, 27(8), pp 1215-1235 Best papers from the European Union Studies Association 2019 Biennial Conference in Denver, USA.