Legislative Authority and Interpretation in the European Union

Martijn van den Brink, Postdoctoral Fellow, Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School

Martijn van den Brink is a postdoctoral researcher at the Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School. Prior to joining the Hertie School, he was a British Academy postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford and a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen. He holds degrees in law and political science from the Universities of Oxford and Groningen and has held visiting positions at the University of Michigan and the University of Zagreb.

I. Introduction: Political JudgementPART 1II. The European Union's Demoicratic Legislature: Legitimating Supranational IntegrationIII. Realising Legal and Social Change: A Theory of Judicial DeferenceIV. Legislated Treaty Rights and the Legitimacy of Judicial ReviewPART 2V. Out of Many, One: Legislative Intent in European Union LawVI. Legislative Rules: The Means to an EndVII. Identifying Intent: A Theory of Legislative InterpretationVIII. Conclusion: The Dignity of International Legislation?