Symposium
European Political Science (2008) 7, 32–42. doi:10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210153
The Americanisation of European Law? Adversarial Legalism à La Européenne
R Daniel Kelemena
aDepartment of Political Science, Rutgers University, 89 George St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. E-mail: dkelemen@polisci.rutgers.edu
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Abstract
Adversarial legalism, an approach to law and regulation long considered distinctive to the US, is spreading across the European Union (EU). The EU's institutional structure and its ongoing project of market integration generate political incentives and functional pressures that encourage EU policy-makers to rely on adversarial legalism as an approach to governance.
Keywords:
European Union, law, courts, judicialisation
