Chris Hanretty

'ecj' Category

• Aug

  28

  2009

  Attention lawyers: paper on ECJ judges’ ideal points

  This paper by Michael Malecki looks like an tremendous breakthrough in the study of judicial decision-making. It uses changes in the composition of the European Court of Justice — more particularly, in the composition of the subdivisions of the court in which the judges hear cases — to estimate judges’ ideal points, pro- or anti-integration.

  In [...]

  posted in academic, ecj, ideal points by Chris

• May

  23

  2008

  Parliamentary manouevres in the dark

  Four months ago, the European Court of Justice ruled that one of Silvio Berlusconi’s stations, ReteQuattro, was broadcasting illegally on frequencies owned by another television company, Europa 7.
  Berlusconi’s government is now trying to prevent that ruling from having effect. Not only that, but they’re doing it in a very under-hand way.
  In April, just before the [...]

  posted in berlusconi, ecj, italy, retequattro by Chris