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Author Pavone, Tommaso, 1989- author.

Title The ghostwriters : lawyers and the politics behind the judicial construction of Europe / Tommaso Pavone, University of Arizona
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 364 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Contents Introduction -- Judges and resistance to change -- Lawyers and the uneven push for change -- Lawyers and the rise of contentious politics -- Conclusion
Summary The European Union is often depicted as a cradle of judicial activism and a polity built by courts. Tommaso Pavone shows how this judge-centric narrative conceals a crucial arena for political action. Beneath the radar, Europe's political development unfolded as a struggle between judges who resisted European law and lawyers who pushed them to embrace change. Under the sheepskin of rights-conscious litigants and activist courts, these "Euro-lawyers" sought clients willing to break state laws conflicting with European law, lobbied national judges to uphold European rules, and propelled them to submit noncompliance cases to the European Union's supreme court - the European Court of Justice - by ghostwriting their referrals. By shadowing lawyers who encourage deliberate law-breaking and mobilize courts against their own governments, The Ghostwriters overturns the conventional wisdom regarding the judicial construction of Europe and illuminates how the politics of lawyers can profoundly impact institutional change and transnational governance
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Subject European Union -- History
SUBJECT European Union fast
Subject Law -- European Union countries -- History
Lawyers -- Political activity -- European Union countries
Law -- European Economic Community countries -- History
Law
Lawyers -- Political activity
European Union countries
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781009076326
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