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The Fabric of International Jurisprudence: An interdisciplinary encounter

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2012
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European law; International courts; Court of Justice of the European Union; European Court of Human Rights; Judicial decision-making; Sociology of law
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EUI RSCAS; 2012/51; Global Governance Programme-27; European, Transnational and Global Governance
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VAUCHEZ, Antoine (editor/s), The Fabric of International Jurisprudence: An interdisciplinary encounter, EUI RSCAS, 2012/51, Global Governance Programme-27, European, Transnational and Global Governance - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/24095
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Bringing together a variety of outlooks from comparative law, legal theory, organizational sociology, socio-legal studies or political science, this Joint Working Papers explores the cognitive equipment through which international judges perform their role. The notion of 'fabric', borrowed from the Science and technology studies, and Bruno Latour in particular, is used here as a common entrypoint enabling to consider altogether the (legal and non-legal, formal and unformal) tools and templates that contribute to shape international judicial decision-making: 'best practices', judicial compendia, routinized legal repertoires, legal methodologies, standard operational modes, etc…
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-- Antoine Vauchez, Introduction 1 -- Part 1. Actors and Know-How 3 -- Antoine Vauchez, The European Themis and its Social Fabric. Review, Reflections and New Directions for Studies of the European Court of Justice 5 -- Iyiola Solanké, The Advocate General and the Practices of International Jurisprudence 15 -- Cristina Dallara, The Definition of ‘Best Judicial Practices’ by Judicial and Legal Expert Networks and Commissions 21 -- Part 2. Methods and Tools 33 -- Bilyana Petkova, The Role of Majoritarian Activism in Precedent Formation at the European Court of Human Rights 35 -- Jérome Porta, La formulation des interprétations par la Cour de Justice de l'Union européenne 45 -- Bas van Bockel, The Realisation of the ne bis in idem Principle in the European Union 53
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