Domesticating discourses: European law, English judges, and political institutions

Political science research on Europeanization has focused too little on the domestic legal-constitutional implications of European legal integration. We address this relative neglect, identifying two models of the impact of European law on domestic judicial discourses and testing them against eviden...

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Published in:European political science review 2009-07, Vol.1 (2), p.205-228
Main Authors: Jupille, Joseph, Caporaso, James A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accession
Courts
EU membership
Europeanization
Integration
International law
Judges & magistrates
Judicial process
Law
Political institutions
Political science
Political science research
Politics
Sovereignty
Statism
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Summary:Political science research on Europeanization has focused too little on the domestic legal-constitutional implications of European legal integration. We address this relative neglect, identifying two models of the impact of European law on domestic judicial discourses and testing them against evidence on the invocation of three EU law concepts within English courts. Contrary to a statist model, which expects judicial discourses to correspond closely with direct importations of European law through the preliminary reference procedure, we find stronger support for an indigenization model in which courts gradually domesticate previously alien concepts. These domesticating discourses offer new insights into domestic political and constitutional orders in the context of European and international legalization.
ISSN:1755-7739
1755-7747
DOI:10.1017/S1755773909000149