Open Access
A tale of four crises : the European Court of Justice's response to crises
Loading...
Files
Tale_four_2025.pdf (249.5 KB)
Full-text in Open Access, Published version, OnlineFirst
License
Attribution 4.0 International
Cadmus Permanent Link
Full-text via DOI
ISBN
ISSN
1867-299X; 2190-8249
Issue Date
Type of Publication
LC Subject Heading
Other Topic(s)
EUI Research Cluster(s)
Initial version
Published version
Succeeding version
Preceding version
Published version part
Earlier different version
Initial format
Author(s)
Citation
European journal of risk regulation, 2025, OnlineFirst
Cite
CONSTANTINOU, Eftychia, A tale of four crises : the European Court of Justice’s response to crises, European journal of risk regulation, 2025, OnlineFirst - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/78160
Abstract
While the European Union was recently affected by four major and multifaceted crises which gave rise to litigation, the response of the European Court of Justice to these events has remained understudied. From a close reading of the procedural features, the legal reasoning and timing of four key judgments concerning measures adopted in the wake of the Eurozone crisis, the migration crisis, Brexit, and the COVID-19 pandemic, this article sketches a broader narrative about the Court’s response to crises which transcends the specificities of the legal issues and the context of each case. The findings suggest that the Court is likely to adjudicate a crisis case by applying the expedited procedure depending on political developments, assign a larger chamber, carefully justify its reasoning with references to settled case-law, conduct a context-sensitive balancing exercise, and deliver a decision at a politically relevant time.
Table of Contents
Additional Information
Published online: 27 February 2025
External Links
Publisher
Version
Research Projects
Sponsorship and Funder Information
This article was published Open Access with the support from the EUI Library through the CRUI - CUP Transformative Agreement (2023-2025)