Revisiting judicial politics in the European Union - CIVICA Conference

• Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
• CIVICA

This conference brings together a group of leading lawyers and political scientists to examine the constitutional resilience of the EU political order and the role of the judicial branch in safeguarding its basic principles.

While long considered an important actor in European integration, there are signs that the Court of Justice’s role in EU politics is increasingly contested. This contestation comes from both sides, with national Courts and scholars deriding ‘activist’ rulings in particular areas while simultaneously complaining of a failure to proactively defend European legal values in others. This project aims to revisit the debate over judicial politics in the EU by examining the causes and outcomes of increasing contestation of the EU judiciary. In doing so, it aims to bring together a group of leading lawyers and political scientists within the CIVICA network to examine a key research priority within CIVICA, namely the constitutional resilience of the EU political order and the role of the judicial branch in safeguarding its basic principles. It will also include leading experts from outside the network.

The core of the project is a workshop in June 2022 and a collective publication bringing together experts from six CIVICA partners, as well as external scholars and practitioners. By focusing on a common area of interest across the CIVICA network, and taking advantage of new research on judicialization in both law and political science, the project plans to lay the foundation for broader and more ambitious research collaboration within CIVICA on the role of courts and the European constitutional order.

This is an invitation-only event. Persons who would like to attend the workshop should contact: [email protected]