Judicial Authority in EU Internal Market Law : Implications for the Balance of Competences and Powers / Vilija Velyvyte

it includes Bibliography and Index Pages.

Description:
This book examines the role of the European Court of Justice in the regulation of the internal market from a competence perspective. However, rather than focusing on the Court's role in enforcing the limits of EU competence in the EU's political decision making, it explores a related, albeit understudied, question: to what extent does the Court observe the constitutional limits of EU competence and its own institutional powers in the interpretation of EU internal market law laid down in the Treaties? The book provides an answer to this question through the analysis of EU free movement case law in light of the constitutional principles that govern the allocation of competences and powers in the EU: conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality, on the vertical level, and institutional balance, on the horizontal level. Why should the Court be bound by these principles? What do they mean when applied to judicial practice? To what extent are they observed in the free movement case law? The book argues that the Court's observance of the four principles has been inconsistent, thereby creating substantive and constitutional tensions in the EU's relationship with the Member States and upsetting the institutional balance of powers between the EU legislature and judiciary.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Context and Aims
Methodological Approach
Contribution
Structure

1. An Unfree Court: Constitutional Constraints on the Exercise of EU Judicial Authority
I. Structural Constraints: The Allocation of Competences and Powers in the EU
II. Substantive Constraints: The EU's Constitutional Value Framework
III. Justification for Constraining the Court
IV. Conclusion

2. Free Movement Case Law in Light of the Principle of Conferral
I. The Principle of Conferral in Application to EU Judiciary
II. Healthcare
III. Education
IV. Collective Labour Law
V. Gambling
VI. The Implications of the Case Law for the Principle of Conferral
VII. Conclusion

3. Free Movement Case Law in Light of the Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality
I. The Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality, and their Application to the EU Judiciary
II. Healthcare
III. Education
IV. Collective Labour Law
V. Gambling
VI. The Implications of the Case Law for the Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality
VII. Conclusion

4. The Horizontal Balance of Powers: The Implications of Free Movement Case Law for the Principle of Institutional Balance
I. The Principle of Institutional Balance in Application to the Court
II. The Process of Judicial Lawmaking: Quasi-Legislative Judgments
III. The Legislative Process: Political Constitutional Constraints and the 'Judicial Trap'
IV. Model of Interaction No 1: The Court Predetermines the Content of Legislation
V. Model of Interaction No 2: The Court Pre-empts Novel Legislative Solutions
VI. Model of Interaction No 3: The Court Prevents Legislative Overturn
VII. Conclusion

5. Rebalancing the Court, Rebalancing the EU
I. The Conceptual and Legal Basis for a Relaxed Judicial Review
II. The Margin of Appreciation
III. Fair Balance
IV. Exemption
V. Conclusion

Conclusion
Argument
Future Research
Significance