Castillo Ortiz, P. (2014) 'Playing the Judicial Card' Litigation Strategies During the Process of Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. European Law Journal, 20 (5). pp. 630-648. ISSN 1351-5993
Abstract
During the process of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, a number of constitutional jurisdictions were activated by political actors. In playing ‘the judicial card’, opponents of ratification decided to seek political goals through judicial means, and thus they were obliged to develop litigation strategies. This article explores such strategies and the responses that courts gave them. It shows that constitutional proceedings with regards to the Lisbon Treaty became a political battleground governed by legal logics, in which the interpretation of European clauses, the democratic deficit of the Union and the tensions underlying the European judicial dialogue were privileged objects of discussion between claimants and courts in which law and politics intertwined.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Law Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2016 10:52 |
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2016 01:42 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12073 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/eulj.12073 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98798 |