The European Court of Justice and the Policy Process The Shadow of Case Law

Susanne K. Schmidt, Professor of Political Science, University of Bremen

Susanne K. Schmidt is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bremen. She has published widely on questions of European integration, including the role of the Commission, competition and liberalization policies in the EU, and mutual recognition as a new mode of governance. The policy implications of the European Court of Justice's case law at the European and national levels are the current focus of her research. Her work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Public Policy, the Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics, European Union Politics, the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Public Administration, and German Politics. Her publications include The Power of the European Court of Justice (co-authored with R. Daniel Kelemen, Routledge, 2013) and Mutual Recognition as a New Mode of Governance (Routledge, 2008).

1. Introduction
2. The European Court of Justice as a Political Actor
3. Case-Law Development between Path Dependence and Legal Uncertainty
4. The Interaction of Judicial and Legislative Policymaking
5. Reaching Beyond the Market into State Responsibilities
6. Europeanization With and Against the Odds: The Cases of Meilicke and Zambrano
7. The Europeanization Effects of Case Law
8. Conclusion