Download or read book The European Court of Justice written by Renaud Dehousse and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad-ranging assessment of the Court's contribution to the integration process. It shows how the Court has taken advantage of opportunities when they have arisen in the European political process to "constitutionalize" the founding treaties and to exert a strong influence on policy decisions. It also examines challenges confronting the European Union and examines why the Court's active role has not encountered greater opposition and analyzes the implications for the Court of current issues.