Conway, Gerard, 1976-

The limits of legal reasoning and the European Court of Justice / Gerard Conway. - Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xxvi, 319 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in European law and policy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-309) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and overview: interpretation and the European Court of Justice; 2. Reading the Court of Justice; 3. Reconceptualising the legal reasoning of the Court of Justice: interpretation and its constraints; 4. Retrieving a separation of powers in the EU; 5. EU law and a hierarchy of interpretative techniques; 6. Levels of generality and originalist interpretation in EU law; 7. Subjective originalist interpretation in EU law; 8. Conclusion.

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Court of Justice of the European Communities.


Judicial process--European Union countries.
Law--Interpretation and construction.--European Union countries
Law--Methodology.--European Union countries