Abstract This Living Reviews article evaluates the most important strains of social science
research on the impact of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on integration, EU-level …

Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French
and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today …

We develop an empirically based conception of international legalization to show how law
and politics are intertwined across a wide range of institutional forms and to frame the …

The increasing density of international regimes has contributed to the proliferation of overlap
across agreements, conflicts among international obligations, and confusion regarding what …

The most effective international legal system in the world exists in Europe. It works much like
a domestic system, where violations of the law are brought to court, legal decisions are …

In crowded airport terminals from Brussels to Bratislava, the European Union (EU) reaches
out to weary travelers. Posters sponsored by the European Commission and adorned with …

The contemporary debate on compliance has been framed in terms of two contending
perspectives on how best to make states comply with international rules: enforcement or …

What does EU law truly mean for the member states? This book presents the first
encompassing and in-depth empirical study of the effects of'voluntaristic'and (partly)'soft'EU …

The law and politics of European integration have been inseparable since the 1960s, when
the European Court of Justice rendered a set of foundational decisions that gradually served …

The European Commission is at the center of the European Union's political system. Within
its five-year terms each Commission proposes up to 2000 binding legal acts and therefore …