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Index (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Index. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00036

This forward-thinking book examines numerous features in the European Union (EU) legal system that serve to reduce legal uncertainty in the preliminary reference procedure and the rulings of the Court of Justice. Drawing on theories from legal realis... Read More about Index.

The Order for Reference as Steadying Factor II: A Frozen Record from Below (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). The Order for Reference as Steadying Factor II: A Frozen Record from Below. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00020

In this chapter, it is argued that the Order for Reference, in a manner consistent with Karl Llewellyn's seventh steadying factor ('a frozen record from below') serves to narrow the decisional discretion of the Court of Justice by removing from its d... Read More about The Order for Reference as Steadying Factor II: A Frozen Record from Below.

Appendix 5: Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Appendix 5: Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00029

This forward-thinking book examines numerous features in the European Union (EU) legal system that serve to reduce legal uncertainty in the preliminary reference procedure and the rulings of the Court of Justice. Drawing on theories from legal realis... Read More about Appendix 5: Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU.

The Judges of the Court of Justice and Law Conditioning (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). The Judges of the Court of Justice and Law Conditioning. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00011

This chapter, the final chapter in Part I, considers the education, training, and professional backgrounds of all former and present Judges of the Court of Justice and its predecessor to assess the extent to which those Judges may be described as law... Read More about The Judges of the Court of Justice and Law Conditioning.

Obstacles to Legal Certainty in the Preliminary Reference Procedure (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Obstacles to Legal Certainty in the Preliminary Reference Procedure. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00006

This chapter establishes the meaning of the concept of legal certainty and its constituent value, predictability, in the EU legal system, before identifying obstacles to legal certainty in the general sense and in the specific case of EU legal system... Read More about Obstacles to Legal Certainty in the Preliminary Reference Procedure.

Susceptibility to Unlawful Countermeasures for Scenario 2 (Legal, but Unacceptable) Rulings (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Susceptibility to Unlawful Countermeasures for Scenario 2 (Legal, but Unacceptable) Rulings. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00016

This chapter, to test the hypothesis established in Chapter 6, examines the extent to which the Court of Justice's countervailing powers may utilise unlawful court-destroying, -harming, -curbing, or accountability measures where the Court adheres to... Read More about Susceptibility to Unlawful Countermeasures for Scenario 2 (Legal, but Unacceptable) Rulings.

The Steadying Effect of an Independence-Accountability Balance: A Hypothesis (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). The Steadying Effect of an Independence-Accountability Balance: A Hypothesis. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00013

This chapter, the first in Part II, presents a hypothesis (analysed in Chapters 7-10), which suggests the balance between independence and accountability at the CJEU contributes to steadying its rulings. The chapter commences with a description of Ll... Read More about The Steadying Effect of an Independence-Accountability Balance: A Hypothesis.

Appendix 8: Approximate Length of Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU at the Date of Appointment (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Appendix 8: Approximate Length of Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU at the Date of Appointment. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00032

This forward-thinking book examines numerous features in the European Union (EU) legal system that serve to reduce legal uncertainty in the preliminary reference procedure and the rulings of the Court of Justice. Drawing on theories from legal realis... Read More about Appendix 8: Approximate Length of Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU at the Date of Appointment.

The Steadying Effect of Law-Conditioned Officials (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). The Steadying Effect of Law-Conditioned Officials. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00010

This chapter, the first in Part I, discusses the role of judges' legal educational and professional backgrounds in steadying their judicial decisions. The chapter commences by acknowledging a significant obstacle to legal certainty: that the pressure... Read More about The Steadying Effect of Law-Conditioned Officials.

Appendix 2: Legal Education and Training of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Appendix 2: Legal Education and Training of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00026

This forward-thinking book examines numerous features in the European Union (EU) legal system that serve to reduce legal uncertainty in the preliminary reference procedure and the rulings of the Court of Justice. Drawing on theories from legal realis... Read More about Appendix 2: Legal Education and Training of the Former Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU.

Susceptibility to Countermeasures for Scenario 3 (Illegal, but Acceptable) and Scenario 4 (Illegal and Unacceptable) Rulings (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Susceptibility to Countermeasures for Scenario 3 (Illegal, but Acceptable) and Scenario 4 (Illegal and Unacceptable) Rulings. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00017

This chapter, the final chapter in Part II, to test the hypothesis established in Chapter 6, analyses the extent to which the Court of Justice will become vulnerable to countervailing power countermeasures in circumstances where it ceases to act judi... Read More about Susceptibility to Countermeasures for Scenario 3 (Illegal, but Acceptable) and Scenario 4 (Illegal and Unacceptable) Rulings.

Susceptibility to Countermeasures for Scenario 1 (Legal and Acceptable) Rulings (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Susceptibility to Countermeasures for Scenario 1 (Legal and Acceptable) Rulings. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00014

This chapter tests the hypothesis established in Chapter 6 by exploring the likelihood of the Court of Justice's countervailing powers employing countermeasures where the Court renders a ‘scenario 1' rulings. These are rulings that adhere to the le... Read More about Susceptibility to Countermeasures for Scenario 1 (Legal and Acceptable) Rulings.

Appendix 9: Approximate Length of Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Current Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU at the Date of Appointment (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Appendix 9: Approximate Length of Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Current Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU at the Date of Appointment. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00033

This forward-thinking book examines numerous features in the European Union (EU) legal system that serve to reduce legal uncertainty in the preliminary reference procedure and the rulings of the Court of Justice. Drawing on theories from legal realis... Read More about Appendix 9: Approximate Length of Post-Educational Active Work in Some Aspect of the Law of the Current Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU at the Date of Appointment.

The Order for Reference as Steadying Factor I: Issues Limited, Sharpened, and Phrased in Advance (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). The Order for Reference as Steadying Factor I: Issues Limited, Sharpened, and Phrased in Advance. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00019

This chapter, the first in Part III, considers the role of the first of six procedural steadying factors (examined in Chapters 11-15) in contributing to steadying preliminary rulings: issues Limited, sharpened, and phrased in advance'. The chapter de... Read More about The Order for Reference as Steadying Factor I: Issues Limited, Sharpened, and Phrased in Advance.

Appendix 3: Legal Education and Training of the Current Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Appendix 3: Legal Education and Training of the Current Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00027

This forward-thinking book examines numerous features in the European Union (EU) legal system that serve to reduce legal uncertainty in the preliminary reference procedure and the rulings of the Court of Justice. Drawing on theories from legal realis... Read More about Appendix 3: Legal Education and Training of the Current Judges of the Court of Justice Appointed Pursuant to Now Article 253 TFEU.

Susceptibility to Lawful Countermeasures for Scenario 2 (Legal, but Unacceptable) Rulings (2022)
Book Chapter
Cotter, J. (2022). Susceptibility to Lawful Countermeasures for Scenario 2 (Legal, but Unacceptable) Rulings. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979559.00015

This chapter, to test the hypothesis established in Chapter 6, examines the extent to which the Court of Justice's countervailing powers may utilise lawful court-destroying, -harming, -curbing, or accountability measures where the Court adheres to le... Read More about Susceptibility to Lawful Countermeasures for Scenario 2 (Legal, but Unacceptable) Rulings.