Judicial Law-Making in European Constitutional Courts

Monika Florczak-Wątor is Professor in the Constitutional Law Department of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and the Head of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Constitutional Studies.

Introduction;

PART I: Western European Constitutional Courts;

Chapter 1: France;
The French Constitutional Council as a Law-Maker. Relations Between the Council and the Legislator: From Dialogue to Rewriting?;

Chapter 2: Germany;
The Law-Making Activity of the German Federal Constitutional Court: A Case-Law Study;

Chapter 3: Italy;
The Law-Making Power of the Constitutional Court of Italy;

Chapter 4: Spain;
The Spanish Constitutional Court as a Law-Maker: Functioning and Practice;

PART II: Central and Eastern European Constitutional Courts;

Chapter 5: Bulgaria;
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria as a Law-Maker;

Chapter 6: Czech Republic;
The Law-Making Activity of the Czech Constitutional Court;

Chapter 7: Hungary;
The Hungarian Constitutional Court as a Law-Maker: Various Tools and Changing Roles;

Chapter 8: Latvia;
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia as a Law-Maker: Current Practice;

Chapter 9: Poland
The Law-Making Activity of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal;

Chapter 10: Slovak Republic;
The Many Faces of Law-Making by Constitutional Courts with Extensive Review Powers: The Slovak Case;

PART III: European International Courts;

Chapter 11: Court of Justice of the European Union;
The Court of Justice of the European Union as a Law-Maker: Enhancing Integration or Acting Ultra Vires?;

Chapter 12: European Court of Human Rights;
The European Court of Human Rights and the Creation of Law through the Case-law;

PART IV: Comparative Analysis;

Chapter 13: European Constitutional Courts as Law-Makers: Research Synthesis;