Developing Analytical Approaches to the EU Judicial Politics

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26512012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 公共政策
• Research Institution: Tsuda University
• Principal Investigator: Amiya Ryosuke 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (40251433)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 伊藤 洋一 東京大学, 大学院法学政治学研究科(法学部), 教授 (50201934)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: EU / 司法政治 / 法による統合 / 司法化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project has explored the developing field of "EU judicial politics" research and aimed at finding analytical thrusts for empirical investigation. This topic is important for two reasons. First, it is increasingly evident that judicial problem-solving has gained importance in domestic politics. Second, although strong judicial components have been emphasized as a hallmark of European Integration, juridification has gained momentum in other international domains, which would potentially benefit from the research on the EU. By reviewing the relevant literature and conducting several exploratory case studies, the project yielded following findings. 1) The simple formula "law versus politics" does not fully capture current dynamics of EU judicial politics. 2) Politics matters by conditioning the field on which the judicial organs play their games. 3) Judiciary is not singular. Current research frontier lies in the investigation into the "politics within judiciaries"

Free Research Field

政治学