Constructing a Supranational Constitution: The Reception and Enforcement of European Community Law by National Courts

该项目是一项正在进行的调查的竞争性更新，旨在解释欧洲法律一体化的动态和机制，欧洲共同体建立跨国法治政体的过程。项目的第一阶段侧重于收集、编码和分析数据；发展法律一体化理论；并根据数据测试一系列从理论推导出来的假设。这项新工作涉及对欧共体法律三个领域的诉讼、司法决策及其对国家和超国家政策结果的影响的深入分析：商品自由流动、性别平等和环境保护。数据分析的重点是个人、公司、国家和跨国利益集团如何以及产生何种影响能够利用国家法院获得政策变化，以及司法内部的相互作用和决策在多大程度上影响国家和超国家一级的政策制定。本研究解决了国际关系理论中的重要问题，并将人们的注意力从已经得到充分研究的欧洲法院判例法转移到判例法对决策和裁决程序的影响上。该项目是一项正在进行的调查的竞争性更新，旨在解释欧洲法律一体化的动态和机制，欧洲共同体通过这一过程建立了一个跨国法治政体。项目的第一阶段侧重于收集、编码和分析数据；发展法律一体化理论；并根据数据测试一系列从理论推导出来的假设。这项新工作涉及对欧共体法律三个领域的诉讼、司法决策及其对国家和超国家政策结果的影响的深入分析：商品自由流动、性别平等和环境保护。数据分析的重点是个人、公司、国家和跨国利益集团如何以及在何种影响下能够利用国家法院获得政策变化，以及司法内部的相互作用和决策在何种程度上影响国家和超国家一级的政策制定。本研究解决了国际关系理论中的重要问题，并将人们的注意力从已经得到充分研究的欧洲法院判例法转移到判例法对决策和裁决程序的影响上。＊＊＊

Abstract Stone 9710963 This project is a competitive renewal of an ongoing investigation that seeks to account for the dynamics and mechanics of European legal integration, the process by which the European Community has constructed a transnational rule of law polity. The first stage of the project focused on collection, coding, and analyzing data; developing a theory of legal integration; and testing a set of hypotheses, derived from the theory, against the data. The new work involves intensive analysis of litigation, judicial decisionmaking, and the impact of this decisionmaking on national and supranational policy outcomes in three domains of EC law: the free movement of goods, gender equality, and environmental protection. Analyses of data are focusing on how and with what effect individuals, companies and national and transnational interest groups are able to use national courts to obtain policy change, and the extent to which intra-judicial interaction and decisionmaking shape policy making at the national and supranational levels. This research addresses important concerns of international relations theory and redirects attention from ECJ's case law which has been amply studied to the impact of that case law on policymaking and adjudication processes. %%% This project is a competitive renewal of an ongoing investigation that seeks to account for the dynamics and mechanics of European legal integration, the process by which the European Community has constructed a transnational rule of law polity. The first stage of the project focused on collection, coding, and analyzing data; developing a theory of legal integration; and testing a set of hypotheses, derived from the theory, against the data. The new work involves intensive analysis of litigation, judicial decisionmaking, and the impact of this decisionmaking on national and supranational policy outcomes in three domains of EC law: the free movement of goods, gender equality, and environmental protection. Analy ses of data are focusing on how and with what effect individuals, companies and national and transnational interest groups are able to use national courts to obtain policy change, and the extent to which intra-judicial interaction and decisionmaking shape policy making at the national and supranational levels. This research addresses important concerns of international relations theory and redirects attention from ECJ's case law which has been amply studied to the impact of that case law on policymaking and adjudication processes. ***