Researching the European Court of Justice

The Book Takes Stock Of The On-Going ''Methodological Turn'' In The Field Of Eu Law Scholarship. Introducing A New Generation Of Scholars Of The European Court Of Justice From Law History Sociology Political Science And Linguistics It Provides A Set Of Novel Interdisciplinary Research Strategies And Empirical Materials For The Study Of The Court Of Justice Of The European Union. The Twelve Case Studies Included Challenge The Usual Top-Down Approach To Eu Law And The Cjeu And Instead Suggest A More Localized And Fine-Grained Observation Of The Socio-Legal Actors And Practices Involved In The Making Of Cjeu Case-Law. Moving Beyond Mainstream Legal Scholarship And The Established ''Grand Narratives'' Of Legal Integration The Volume Provides A More Historically-Informed And Sociologically-Grounded Account Of The Eu Law''S Uneven Embeddedness In Europe''S Economies And Societies.