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- Title
Die Pfadabhängigkeit internationaler Verrechtlichung: EU und WTO im Vergleich
- Authors
Blauberger, Michael; Krüger, Tilman; Schmidt, Susanne K.
- Abstract
Taking a historical-institutionalist perspective, the present contribution explores the conditions under which international courts promote international legalization even against the opposition of national governments. Starting from the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) interpretation of the provisions on the free movement of goods, we show how judicial solutions found in one policy area are transferred to other areas, even though the functional needs may be different. This path-dependent judicial reasoning reinforces the internationalization of law. In order to explore the preconditions and limits of such processes of internationalization, we add two comparative cases to our analysis: we investigate the ECJ's solutions in the area of capital movement (EU-internal comparison) and we examine the role of the judiciary in the World Trade Organization (WTO, external comparison). We find that a steady caseload is necessary for precedent-based judicial decisions to develop momentum and that private and supranational actors have to take up the case law to reinforce its dynamic in a positive manner.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; LAW &; globalization; PATH dependence (Social sciences); COURT of Justice of the European Union; FREE trade laws; INTERNATIONAL finance -- Law &; legislation; EUROPEAN Union law; WORLD Trade Organization; EUROPEAN Union country economic integration
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB), 2012, Vol 19, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0946-7165
- Publication type
Article