This article reviews recent advances in the study of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and
its political impact at the European and member state levels. New quantitative as well as …

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes
of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing …

The European Court of Justice is one of the most important actors in the process of
European integration. Political science still struggles to understand its significance, with …

Rather than halting European integration, the euro crisis, in some ways, has accelerated it.
However, it is integration of a different type, which departs significantly from the rule of law …

This article focuses on two trends emerging through the eurozone crisis, both of which
diminish the quality of democracy in the EU and its member states. Firstly, the crisis has led …

Abstract In the European Union (EU), agenda setting is formally centralized at the European
Commission. During the last decade since the Lisbon Treaty, however, this agenda‐setting …

The free movement of goods is widely believed to be a prime example of the negative
integration paradigm. Its defining characteristic is a strong judicial process, fuelled by–and …

While ideas on 'earned citizenship'have been around in discussions on the coexistence of
freedom of movement and nationally-bounded welfare states in the European Union, both …

The European Union legal system is one of the most complex and sophisticated in the world.
This article models the Acquis Communautaire (ie the corpus of European Union law) as a …

The European Union (EU) has to reconcile free movement rights with national welfare
states. Case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has broadened rights to welfare of …