Taking the EU to Court

Focusing on annulment conflicts within the EU multilevel system, this book analyzes their significance as a judicial tool in policy disputes. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of annulment actions since the 1960s and detailed case studies, it examines the motivations behind transforming policy conflicts into legal challenges. Key themes include the formation of litigant configurations among multilevel actors, the influence of these configurations on court outcomes, and how annulment actions affect the originating policy conflicts.