Revisiting Judicial Empowerment in the European Union

Tommaso Pavone

doi:10.1086/697371

journal article Jan 01, 2018

Revisiting Judicial Empowerment in the European Union

Tommaso Pavone

Journal of Law and Courts Vol. 6 No. 2 pp. 303-331 · Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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Abstract

AbstractJudicial empowerment is often cited as a driver of transnational governance, particularly in the European Union. In this view, lower national courts enthusiastically began referring cases to the European Court of Justice to acquire new powers of judicial review. Revisiting this argument, I argue that path dependent, everyday practices within domestic judiciaries stemming from insufficient training in European Union law, workload pressures, and cultural aversions to judicial review can resist Europeanization even when it would lead to empowerment. The argument is evaluated via a critical case study of judicial practice in Italy that is placed in a broader comparative context.

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Published: Jan 01, 2018
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Tommaso Pavone (2018). Revisiting Judicial Empowerment in the European Union. Journal of Law and Courts, 6(2), 303-331. https://doi.org/10.1086/697371

Revisiting Judicial Empowerment in the European Union

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