The European Court of Justice: Empowered After Lisbon
Abstract:
This paper considers the most important changes brought by the Treaty of Lisbon to the functioning of the Court of Justice of the European Union. These changes concern the internal organization of the institution, the appointment of its members and the extension of its jurisdiction in the areas of freedom, security and justice, foreign and security policy, as well as its new power to protect fundamental rights.
This paper considers the most important changes brought by the Treaty of Lisbon to the functioning of the Court of Justice of the European Union. These changes concern the internal organization of the institution, the appointment of its members and the extension of its jurisdiction in the areas of freedom, security and justice, foreign and security policy, as well as its new power to protect fundamental rights.
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Keywords: Treaty of Lisbon, European Court of Justice, European Union, EU, freedom, security, justiceFull text available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2001358
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