Introduction and overview : interpretation and the European Court of Justice -- Reading the Court of Justice -- Reconceptualising the legal reasoning of the Court of Justice : interpretation and its constraints -- Retrieving a separation of powers in the European Union -- EU law and a hierarchy of interpretative techniques -- Levels of generality and originalist interpretation in the legal reasoning of the ECJ -- Subjective originalist interpretation in the legal reasoning of the ECJ -- Conclusion
Summary
Gerard Conway explains how judges of the ECJ should be understood as sharing the same interpretative perspective as the law-maker
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-309) and index