Good Judgment: The ECJ as a Context-Conscious Lawmaker

• Department of Law

The Constitutional Law and Politics and EU Law Working Groups host a presentation by Professor Urška Šadl on her book 'Good Judgment'.

Abstract:

Courts are context-conscious. They solve legal disputes with societal impact in mind, using interpretive tools and procedural means. This book develops concepts and methods for a systematic and legally informative analysis of this complex process. The evidence delivered prompts a conversation about the authority courts have to change the law. The analysis focuses on the European Court of Justice and its free movement case law. The framework and theory, however, are relevant to courts and case law everywhere. This is a compelling and intriguing examination of the ECJ and its shaping of a key tenet of EU law.

The book can be accessed through this EUI Link.

Speaker:

Urška Šadl is part-time professor at the European University Institute, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, and president of the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies. Her research examines the working of EU institutions, EU free movement law, EU citizenship, and other topics in European constitutional law empirically. She is interested in legal change, judicial behaviour, and everything about the European Court of Justice.