Research Catalog

Title

The legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice : towards a European jurisprudence / Joxerramon Bengoetxea.

Author

Bengoetxea, Joxerramon.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Description

xvi, 294 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"How can a jurisprudential approach help lawyers and legal philosophers to understand the sources, organization and main features of EC law? How does the European Court of Justice interpret EC law and justify its decisions, operating as a social-political agent? This new study examines these and other related issues, analysing EC law and the decision-making process of the European Court of Justice from a legal theoretical or jurisprudential perspective." "The justification of legal decisions is a crucial issue in legal and political theory, with courts achieving legitimation through their practice of justification. This study examines and assesses the justificatory practice of the European Court of Justice, and its jurisprudential approach contributes to an understanding of European integration."--Jacket.

Series Statement

[Oxford European Community law series]

Uniform Title

Oxford European Community law series.

Subject

• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• Cour de Justice des Communautés européennes
• Judicial process > European Economic Community countries
• Law > European Economic Community countries > Interpretation and construction
• Law > European Economic Community countries > Methodology
• Interprétation des lois
• UE/CE Cour de justice
• UE/CE Droit
• Judicial process
• Law > Interpretation and construction
• Law > Methodology
• Procès > Pays de la Communauté économique européenne
• Droit > Intérprétation
• Droit > Méthodologie
• European Economic Community countries

Note

• Series statement from jacket.
• Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Edinburgh.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-287) and index.

Contents

pt. I. European Community Law and Legal Theory. 1. Institutional Legal Positivism. 2. Legal Norms and Sources of Law. 3. Judicial Decision-Making and Social Action. 4. Approaches to Judicial Decision-Making -- pt. II. Legal Justification at the European Court of Justice. 5. On Legal Justification. 6. Justification in Clear Cases. 7. Justification in Hard Cases.

ISBN

• 0198257171
• 9780198257172

LCCN

92024781

OCLC

• ocm26260475
• 26260475
• SCSB-9007043

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library