Readership: Academics and advanced students of the European Union, particularly in the disciplines of political science and law. Academics studying comparative judicial politics.
Karen Alter, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
"If political scientists and international lawyers were to read only one book on the European Court of Justice, this should be the one." - Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School
"Karen Alter has done more than any other scholar to show how the social, political, and historical context in which the European Court of Justice is embedded shapes its role and impact. The four thresholds that she identifies also provide a basic for a comparative analysis of the role of international courts in world politics. With its lucid new introduction,<i>The European Court's Political Power</i> is a "must read" for anyone seeking to understand international courts." - Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
I. Studying the European Court of Justice 1: The European Court's Political Power Across Time and Space (2009) 2: The European Court and Legal Integration: An Exceptional Story or Harbinger of the Future? (2008) II. The ECJ During the Founding Period of Legal Integration (1952-1980) 3 The Theory and Reality of the European Coal and Steel Community With David Steinberg (2007): 4: Jurist Advocacy Movements in Europe: The Role of Euro-Law Associations in European Integration (1953-1975) (2009) 5: The European Court's Political Power: The Emergence of an Authoritative International Court in the European Union (1996) 6: Who are the 'Masters of the Treaty'? European Governments and the European Court of Justice (1998) III. The ECJ and its Varied Influence on European Policy & Politics (1980-2005) 7: Judicial Politics in the European Community: European Integration and the Pathbreaking Cassis de Dijon decision with Sophie Meunier (1994) 8: Explaining Variation in the Use of European Litigation Strategies: European Community Law and British Gender Equality Policy with Jeannette Vargas (2000) 9: The European Union's Legal System and Domestic Policy: Spillover or Backlash? (2000) 10: Banana Splits: Nested and Overlapping Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute with Sophie Meunier (2006) IV. Beyond European Court Politics- The ECJ in a Comparative Perspective 11: Agents or Trustees? International Courts in their Political Context (2008) 12: Private Litigants and the New International Courts (2006) 13: Law and Politics in Europe and Beyond (2009)
