On judicial mobilization: Entrepreneuring for policy change at times of crisis
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On judicial mobilization : Entrepreneuring for policy change at times of crisis. / Mayoral, Juan A.; Torres Pérez, Aida.
Public Policy and the CJEU’s Power: Bringing Stakeholders In. ed. / Emmanuelle Mathieu; Christian Adam; Miriam Hartlapp. Routledge, 2020. (Journal of European Integration).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - On judicial mobilization
T2 - Entrepreneuring for policy change at times of crisis
AU - Mayoral, Juan A.
AU - Torres Pérez, Aida
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - National courts all over Europe have faced the challenge of whether to protect rights in times of crisis. In the context of the Spanish housing crisis, judges adopted an activist role by mobilizing the Court of Justice of the EU in multiple cases to challenge national legislation. This forced the Spanish government to adopt reforms to strengthen the position of mortgage debtors to fulfill the obligations under EU consumer law. This article discerns the factors that lead Spanish judges to cooperate with the CJEU. We show that, although political and legal opportunities and resources play a role for the judicial mobilization of EU law, the degree to which they matter vary when we consider: the role of ‘judicial entrepreneurs’ who introduce EU law as a novel legal strategy, and the impact of this tactic on how judicial actors frame EU law, with important consequences for the politics within the judiciary.
AB - National courts all over Europe have faced the challenge of whether to protect rights in times of crisis. In the context of the Spanish housing crisis, judges adopted an activist role by mobilizing the Court of Justice of the EU in multiple cases to challenge national legislation. This forced the Spanish government to adopt reforms to strengthen the position of mortgage debtors to fulfill the obligations under EU consumer law. This article discerns the factors that lead Spanish judges to cooperate with the CJEU. We show that, although political and legal opportunities and resources play a role for the judicial mobilization of EU law, the degree to which they matter vary when we consider: the role of ‘judicial entrepreneurs’ who introduce EU law as a novel legal strategy, and the impact of this tactic on how judicial actors frame EU law, with important consequences for the politics within the judiciary.
KW - Faculty of Law
KW - National courts
KW - Court of Justice of the European Union
KW - CJEU
KW - Aziz
KW - Empowerment
KW - Judicial mobilization
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Public-Policy-and-the-CJEUs-Power-Bringing-Stakeholders-In/Mathieu-Adam-Hartlapp/p/book/9780367425029
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780367425029
T3 - Journal of European Integration
BT - Public Policy and the CJEU’s Power
A2 - Mathieu, Emmanuelle
A2 - Adam, Christian
A2 - Hartlapp, Miriam
PB - Routledge
ER -
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