Precedents and Judicial Politics in EU Immigration Law

• Main Author: De Somer, Marie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: European Administrative Governance,
• Subjects: European Union.; Legislative bodies.; Public policy.; Political science.; Citizenship.; European Union Politics.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Public Policy.; Governance and Government.

In this important book, Marie De Somer analyses the role of the European Court of Justice in EU family reunification policies. With its precedent-based argumentation the Court succeeds in moving the case law beyond what member states agreed to. Based on a mixed-methods approach and carefully avoidin...

Table of Contents:

• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Court's Role in Processes of European Integration
• 3. Precedents and Judicial Politics
• 4. Case Selection and Data
• 5. Identifying Member States' Interests
• 6. Quantitatively Structuring Precedents
• 7. Qualitatively Charting Precedents
• 8. Precedents and Judicial Politics: Analytical Findings
• 9. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research.