Beck, Gunnar, 1965-

The legal reasoning of the Court of Justice of the EU / Legal reasoning of the Court of Justice of the European Union Gunnar Beck. - xi, 473 pages ; 25 cm. - Modern studies in European law ; v. 36 . - Modern studies in European law ; v. 36. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scientific versus heuristic legal reasoning -- The sources of linguistic vagueness -- Value pluralism and absence of a hierarchy of norms -- Precedent and the 'no law' situation as sources of legal uncertainty -- Legal reasoning : the interpretative stage -- Vagueness and value pluralism in the primary materials of the EU legal order -- The legal reasoning of the Court of Justice I : the available topoi -- The legal reasoning of the Court of Justice II : the approach to precedent -- The legal reasoning of the Court of Justice III : the cumulative approach -- The legal reasoning of the Court of Justice IV : the in-built communautaire tendency of the cumulative approach -- The legal reasoning of the Court of Justice V : the steadying factors.

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Court of Justice of the European Union.


Judicial process--European Union countries.
Law--Interpretation and construction.--European Union countries
Law--Methodology.--European Union countries
Courts--European Union countries.

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