Strategic Litigation in EU Law: Who does it Empower?
Strategic litigation is a form of legal mobilization, where actors bring cases before judges not only to win in court, but also to pursue broader political, social or economic ends. Various actors can use the law strategically – big corporations, specialized non-governmental organizations or individ...
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| author | Pola Cebulak Marta Morvillo Stefan Salomon |
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| description | Strategic litigation is a form of legal mobilization, where actors bring cases before judges not only to win in court, but also to pursue broader political, social or economic ends. Various actors can use the law strategically – big corporations, specialized non-governmental organizations or individual academics. The ends can range from resisting market regulation or a political advocacy campaign to simply “testing the law”. The results of strategic litigation maintain or change power relations in society, economy or politics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-96698711ddd640d6abb6aa41d07a90292025-01-24T12:49:05ZengCambridge University PressGerman Law Journal2071-83222024-08-012580082110.1017/glj.2024.56Strategic Litigation in EU Law: Who does it Empower?Pola Cebulak0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9295-772XMarta Morvillo1Stefan Salomon2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1668-4737Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniversity of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniversity of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsStrategic litigation is a form of legal mobilization, where actors bring cases before judges not only to win in court, but also to pursue broader political, social or economic ends. Various actors can use the law strategically – big corporations, specialized non-governmental organizations or individual academics. The ends can range from resisting market regulation or a political advocacy campaign to simply “testing the law”. The results of strategic litigation maintain or change power relations in society, economy or politics.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832224000567/type/journal_articleStrategic litigationpublic interest litigationEU law |
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| title | Strategic Litigation in EU Law: Who does it Empower? |
| title_full | Strategic Litigation in EU Law: Who does it Empower? |
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| title_short | Strategic Litigation in EU Law: Who does it Empower? |
| title_sort | strategic litigation in eu law who does it empower |
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