Most public attention on the European Union (EU) in recent years has focused on salient crises such as Brexit or the refugee crisis. Political battles over the EU's judicial order have attracted far less attention, but they will likely have far greater long term implications for the future of the EU. The EU is a law state -a political system which governs principally through law and judicial institutions. Since its foundation, the EU has worked to gradually construct a pan-European judicial order. The system has continued to grow in recent years with the expansion of the EU's high courts in Luxembourg and with the dramatic expansion of the network of national courtsthat cooperate with the European Court of Justice in the application of EU law. This has happened both due to EU enlargement anddue to the efforts of the EU to convince more national judges to fulfill their dual role as EU judges. At the same time, the coherence of the EU judicial order now faces mounting challenges -in particular from increasingly authoritarian member state governments whoseek to assert political control over their judiciaries and prevent them from playing their role as enforcers of EU law. This talk will explore both the construction of the European law state and the profound crisis that the current rule of law crisis poses for the EU.
Health Management and Policy, LSA Center for European Studies2019 Health Policy Symposium - Building the European Law State
R. Daniel Kelemen, PhD is a professor of Political Science and Law & Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics at Rutgers University
November 8, 2019
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Symposium 1755 SPH I, Reception 1680 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Sponsored by: Health Management and Policy, LSA Center for European Studies
Contact Information: Sarah Clark sarahmcl@umich.edu
Most public attention on the European Union (EU) in recent years has focused on salient crises such as Brexit or the refugee crisis. Political battles over the EU's judicial order have attracted far less attention, but they will likely have far greater long term implications for the future of the EU. The EU is a law state -a political system which governs principally through law and judicial institutions. Since its foundation, the EU has worked to gradually construct a pan-European judicial order. The system has continued to grow in recent years with the expansion of the EU's high courts in Luxembourg and with the dramatic expansion of the network of national courtsthat cooperate with the European Court of Justice in the application of EU law. This has happened both due to EU enlargement anddue to the efforts of the EU to convince more national judges to fulfill their dual role as EU judges. At the same time, the coherence of the EU judicial order now faces mounting challenges -in particular from increasingly authoritarian member state governments whoseek to assert political control over their judiciaries and prevent them from playing their role as enforcers of EU law. This talk will explore both the construction of the European law state and the profound crisis that the current rule of law crisis poses for the EU.
