Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Integrative Role of the European Court of Justice: Judicial Independence of Politically Constrained Courts

9411196 Tsebelis本论文改进研究考察了欧洲法院与欧洲法院成员国之间的关系如何影响欧洲法院实现一体化目标的能力。这项研究将对几个假设进行实证检验，这些假设涉及欧洲法院决策过程中的制度约束，以及欧洲法院需要成员国的支持程度，才能做出不只是纸上谈兵的“支持”决定。这笔赠款提供了前往实地研究地点的旅费，这些地点是建立欧洲法院从1958-1992年判决的所有共同市场案件的数据集所必需的。该数据集将允许对欧洲议会的决策进行系统的实证调查。数据集将包括议会的不同决定，它们的历史(无论它们是来自委员会，还是在议会提出)，它们的支持基础(使它们成功的联盟)，以及它们的最终命运(它们是否被其他欧洲机构接受，以及它们是否成为欧洲法律)。这项研究将有助于对欧洲一体化的理解，超越当前新功能主义和政府间主义的相关理论。

9411196 Tsebelis This Dissertation Improvement research examines how the relationship between the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the member states of the European Court affects the ability of the ECJ to achieve integrationist goals. This research will test empirically several hypotheses about the institutional constraints on ECJ decision making and the level of member states' support required for the ECJ to render "pro" decisions that are not mere dead letters. This grant provides funds for travel to field research locations that are necessary to construct a dataset of all common market cases adjudicated by the ECJ from 1958-1992. The dataset will allow systematic empirical investigation of decision making in the European Parliament. The dataset will include the different decisions of the Parliament, their history (whether they came out of committee, or were proposed on the floor), their support basis (the coalition that made them successful), and their ultimate fate (whether they were accepted by the other European institutions, and whether they became European law). This research will contribute to an understanding of European integration that goes beyond what has been provided by current relevant theories of neo-functionalism and intergovernmentalism.