Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to the politics of EU law / Marie-Pierre Granger and Paul James Cardwell
Chapter 2: Governance as the meeting place of EU law and politics? / Paul James Cardwell
Chapter 3: The politics of the court of justice of the European Union / Fabien Terpan and Sabine Saurugger
Chapter 4: Litigation as a means to solve conflicts between the European parliament and the council: One size does not fit all / María-Luisa Sánchez-Barrueco
Chapter 5: The European semester: Understanding an innovative governance model / Sonja Bekker
Chapter 6: The law and politics of direct democracy in the EU / Fernando Mendez and Mario Mendez
Chapter 7: The law and politics of exit from the EU / Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán and Stijn Smismans
Chapter 8: Locating gendered representation in European Union member states / Andrea S Aldrich and William T Daniel
Chapter 9: Politicising Europe: Liberating the technocratic? / Michelle Everson
Chapter 10: Free movement of EU citizens between law and politics / Anita Heindlmaier and Michael Blauberger
Chapter 11: Everyone is equal, but some more than others: Judicial governance of EU antidiscrimination law / Amalie Frese
Chapter 12: Law and sexual minority rights in the eu: Navigating a political minefield / Alina Tryfonidou
Chapter 13: Social Europe: A midsummer night's dream? / Konstantinos Alexandris Polomarkakis
Chapter 14: The political dynamics of EU human rights law: Scratching beneath the surface / Marie-Pierre Granger
Chapter 15: The politics of European labour law / Rebecca Zahn
Chapter 16: Mutual recognition of companies as an agency problem / Justin Borg-Barthet
Chapter 17: The politics of EU law and the area of freedom, security and justice / Ester Herlin-Karnell
Chapter 18: The unintended consequences of the EU's common agricultural policy for local communities / Maria Gaglia Bareli, Miranda Geelhoed, Louisa Parks, Elisa Morgera, Elsa Tsioumani
Chapter 19: The politics of EU migration law / Rachael Dickson
Chapter 20: Critical EU international relations law: A research agenda / Elaine Fahey
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