Europe’s Justice Deficit?

This is a remarkable volume which addresses a long-neglected question about the EU: situated between integration through market freedoms and an emerging constitutional project, how does the EU contribute to the achievement of justice? A set of lively, engaged and scholarly contributions which extend the boundaries of the debate. A must-read for all interested in European Studies. -- Professor Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University
The pluralism in approaches ... is a big plus of this book and makes it an interesting and inspiring read: a read which has the capacity to kindle further discussion and research ... In the end, the book does not give one answer, but many – and this is what makes it so valuable for the current debate of a future (of) Europe. -- Eva Julia Lohse * Common Market Law Review *
The list of authors reads like a veritable “Who's Who of European studies”...The outcome is fascinating, enormously rich and diverse (with the authors occasionally disagreeing with each other) – just as Europe is. Once you have read it, you realize what an important void it has filled. It opens up a new, fresh perspective within the European studies, and I can safely predict that it will become a canon, by reference to which we will be discussing “justice in/of Europe” in the years to come. -- Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor of Jurisprudence, The University of Sydney Faculty of Law
By arranging a multi-disciplinary discussion about justice in the EU “as a flow of ideas” this most engaging book offers a gripping account of justice as the proverbial contested concept…The editors have succeeded in bringing together a group of feisty scholars keen to present their rather diverse, and at times even exclusive, take on the meaning of justice...A must read for all interested in justice, nothwithstanding their own disciplinary home. -- Prof Antje Wiener, Chair in Political Science, especially Global Governance, University of Hamburg
The question of the EU’s justice deficit could not be of greater relevance. Both scholars and politicians have often argued that the economic and other benefits of the EU compensate for any democratic failings. Yet, as the eurocrisis renders these benefits less apparent, it becomes more appropriate than ever to ask whether it distributes them and any accompanying costs in a just way. The responses of the contributors to this volume prove as disturbing as they are informative. -- Professor Richard Bellamy, Director of the Max Weber Programme, European University Institute, Florence
The critical assessment provided by this book will help to create a fuller picture of the justice deficit in the EU, and open up an important new avenue of legal research. -- Hans-W Micklitz * Journal of Consumer Policy *
The book is an interesting read and could not have been more timely, considering all the challenges the EU is currently facing. -- Martijn van den Brink * European Law Review *
Europe’s Justice Deficit?, a collection of essays by leading academics and young scholars, offers a robust conversation about the legal and philosophical aspects of justice in Europe. * Yale Journal of International Law *