Kelemen, R: Eurolegalism

R. Daniel Kelemen is the Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Center for European Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University.

This book...serves as a useful introduction to the subject. And by demonstrating the flexibility and sophistication of European law, it poses a challenge to skeptics who, perhaps encouraged by recent headlines, believe that the EU is an insubstantial and inessential organization likely to collapse in the face of economic crisis. -- Andrew Moravcsik Foreign Affairs 20110901 Eurolegalism thoughtfully applies Robert A. Kagan's concept of "adversarial legalism" to the EU and its evolving legal institutions. This clearly written, up-to-date volume does an excellent job of arguing that the EU's fragmented political structures and ambitious policy objectives lead to coordination and enforcement by courts (especially the European Court of Justice) that rely on detailed regulations in place of the old model of national regulators that rely on ongoing but informal relationships...Eurolegalism is a boon to scholars and teachers of comparative law and law and society. -- J. D. Marshall Choice 20120101 The book is quite simply wonderful. Kelemen weaves together clear concepts, big macro level changes, and a deep understanding of EU politics and the regulatory politics in the issue areas he studies. The book is of obvious interest for scholars interested in the globalization of law, the rise of adversarial legalism, administrative law in Europe, European integration, and securities regulation, competition policy, and disability rights politics. But the book should also have a larger resonance. -- Karen Alter Common Market Law Review 20120201 What Daniel Kelemen shows is that this legal tide is both qualitatively different from previous law-making and, paradoxically, given the expressed intent of most European policymakers to avoid U.S.-style litigation practices, is distinctly American in style. -- Andy Tarrant European Voice 20120112