Philosophical Foundations of EU Law

The Philosophical Foundations of Law series aims to develop work at the intersection of legal philosophy and doctrinal law. Volumes in the series gather leading philosophers and lawyers to present original work on the theoretical foundations of substantive areas of law, or central topics in legal philosophy. Together, the essays provide a roadmap of current philosophical work in the field to lawyers and philosophers looking for high quality new work and provide a stimulus for further research by specialists in the area. Book jacket.

Dr Julie Dickson studied law and legal philosophy at the University of Glasgow, and at Balliol College, Oxford. She was an academic at the University of Leicester and at University College London before taking up her current post as Fellow and Senior Law Tutor at Somerville College, Oxford, in 2002. She is the review articles editor of the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and is on the editorial board of legal theory journals Law and Philosophy, Legal Theory, Transnational Legal Theory, and Problema.

Pavlos Eleftheriadis studied in Athens and Cambridge. He is a Fellow in Law at Mansfield College Oxford and a Barrister at Francis Taylor Building. He specializes in public law, EU law, and legal philosophy. He has been a visiting professor at Columbia Law School. His book Legal Rights was published in 2008 by OUP.

1. Introduction: The Puzzles of European Union Law, Julie Dickson and Pavlos Eleftheriadis
Part I: The Legal System
2. Towards a Theory of European Union Legal Systems, Julie Dickson
3. Not a System but an Order: An Inter-Institutional View of European Union Law, Keith Culver and Michael Giudice
4. Harmonic Law: The Case Against Pluralism, George Letsas
5. Judicial Dialogue in the European Union, Anthony Arnull
Part II: Political Foundations
6. Deciphering the Political and Legal DNA of European Integration: An Exploratory Essay, Joseph Weiler
7. Citizenship and Obligation, Pavlos Eleftheriadis
8. Constitutionalism in the European Union: Pipedream or Possibility?, Wil Waluchow
9. Constitutionalism and the Moral Point of Constitutional Pluralism: Institutional Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Objection, Mattias Kumm
10. European Demoicracy and its Crisis, Kalypso Nicolaidis
11. Statecraft and the Foundations of European Union Law, Ari Afilalo and Dennis Patterson
Part III: Constitutional Virtues
12. Precedent and the Court of Justice: A Jurisprudence of Doubt?, Takis Tridimas
13. Monism and Fundamental Rights, Lorenzo Zucca
14. European Integration and the Rule of Law in Foreign Policy, Geert De Baere
15. Solidarity in the European Union: Problems and Prospects, Andrea Sangiovanni
16. The Problem of Justice in the European Union: Values, Pluralism, and Critical Legal Justice, Sionaidh Douglas-Scott