Books

The European Union: Integration and Enlargement. Co-edited with Anand Menon, Jonathan Slapin.

The Power of the European Court of Justice. Co-edited with Susanne Schmidt. Routledge, 2012, pp. 1-150.

Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. Winner, 2013 European Union Studies Association Book Prize for Best Book on the European Union published in 2011 or 2012. [Replication Data]


A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2011 on Western Europe (one of three books on Western Europe to receive this honor). Reviewed in Foreign Affairs, Choice, Columbia Journal of International Law, Common Market Law Review, Modern Law Review, European Voice, Tulsa Law Review, European Law Journal, European Law Review, Governance, West European Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Renewal, NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, European Union Studies Association Review, Journal of Common Market Studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics. Co-edited with Keith Whittington and Greg Caldeira, Oxford University Press, 2008.


Subject of a Review Symposium in the Law and Politics Book Review, December 2008

The Rules of Federalism: Institutions and Regulatory Politics in the EU and Beyond. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.


2005 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title. Also reviewed in Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Australian Journal of Political Science, Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung, Revue Française de Science Politique

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Articles in Political Science Journals

"The Political Geography of Legal Integration: Visualizing Institutional Change in the European Union," with Tommaso Pavone. World Politics (2018), doi: 10.1017/S0043887118000011
  • Earlier version was winner of Wilson Award, American Political Science Association French Politics Group, for best paper presented at 2016 APSA Meeting.

  • "Reconceptualizing EU Regulatory Networks: A response to Blauberger and Rittberger," with Andrew Tarrant, Regulation & Governance, (2017), 2 March, DOI: 10.1111/rego.12135.


    "Europe's Other Democratic Deficit: National Authoritarianism in Europe's Democratic Union," Government and Opposition, 52, 2(2017), pp. 211-238.


    "Can Courts Rescue National Democracy? Judicial Safeguards against Democratic Backsliding in the EU," with Michael Blauberger, Journal of European Public Policy, 24,3 (2017).


    "Trojan Horses in EU Foreign Policy," with Mitchell Orenstein. Journal of Common Market Studies, 55,1 (2017), pp. 87-102.


    "Mapping European Law," with Tommaso Pavone, Journal of European Public Policy, 23, 8 (2016), pp.1118-1138.


    "Failing Forward? The Euro Crisis and the Incomplete Nature of European Integration," with Erik Jones and Sophie Meunier, (2016), Comparative Political Studies, 49, 7(2016), pp.1010-1034.


    "Law, Focal Points and Fiscal Discipline in the United States and the European Union" with Terence Teo American Political Science Review 108(2): 355-370, 2014

  • Winner, 2015 Best Journal Article Award, American Political Science Association, Law & Courts Section.
  • Winner, 2015 European Union Studies Association Best Conference Paper Award.

  • "The European Union: Wider and Deeper?" Introduction - Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, with Anand Menon and Jonathan Slapin, 21, 5 (2014), pp.643-646.


    "Wider and Deeper? Enlargement and Integration in the European Union" with Anand Menon and Jonathan Slapin, Journal of European Public Policy, 21, 5, (2014), 647-663.

    "Judicialization, Democracy and European Integration." Representation 49(3): 295-308, Special Issue on Courts and Representative Democracy, 2013.


    "Eurolegalism and Democracy." Journal of Common Market Studies 50(S1): 55-71. Annual Review, 50th Anniversary Special Issue, 2013.


    "Introduction - the European Court of Justice and Legal Integration: Perpetual Momentum?" With Susanne Schmidt. Introduction to Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy. Perpetual Momentum? Reconsidering the Power of the European Court of Justice , 19, 1 (2012), pp.1-7.


    "The Political Foundations of Judicial Independence in the European Union." Journal of European Public Policy , 19, 1 (2012), pp.43-58.


    "The Politics of the Eurocracy: Designing EU Regulatory Agencies and Networks." With Andrew Tarrant. West European Politics, 34, 5 (2011), pp.922-947.


    "Globalizing EU Environmental Regulation." Journal of European Public Policy, 17, 3 (2010), pp.335-349.

  • Reprinted in Europe and the Management of Globalization, Wade Jacoby and Sophie Meunier, eds. New York: Routledge Press, 2010.

  • "The Shift to the Rights Model of Disability in the EU and Canada." With Lisa Vanhala. Regional and Federal Studies, 20, 1, (2010), pp.1-18.


    "Trading Places: The Role of the United States and the European Union in International Environmental Politics." With David Vogel. Comparative Political Studies, 43, 4 (2010), pp.427-456.


    "The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism." With Giovanni Capoccia (Oxford). World Politics, 59, (April 2007), pp.341-369.

  • Winner of 2008 APSA Qualitative and Multi-method Research Section's Alexander George Article Award, for best article developing or applying Qualitative and Multi-method Research published in 2007.
  • Earlier version was Winner of 2006 Sage Award for the Best Paper Developing or Applying Qualitative Methods at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA).

  • "Shaming the Shameless? The Constitutionalization of the European Union." Journal of European Public Policy, 13, 8 (2006), pp.1302-1307.


    "New Modes of Governance, the Open Method of Coordination and other Fashionable Red Herring." With Timo Idema. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 7, 1(2006), pp.108-123.


    "Suing for Europe: Adversarial Legalism and European Governance." Comparative Political Studies, 39, 1 (2006), pp.101-127.


    "Lex Americana? A Response to Levi-Faur" with Eric Sibbitt, International Organization 59, 2 (2005), pp.463-472.


    "The Globalization of American Law." With Eric C. Sibbitt. International Organization 58, 1 (2004), pp.103-136.


    "The Structure and Dynamics of EU Federalism." Comparative Political Studies, 36, 1-2 (2003), pp.184-208.


    "The Politics of Eurocratic Structure: The New European Agencies." West European Politics, 25, 4 (2002), pp.93-118.


    "The Limits of Judicial Power: Trade-Environment Disputes in the GATT/WTO and the EU" Comparative Political Studies 34, 6 (2001), pp.622-650.


    "Regulatory Federalism: EU Environmental Policy in Comparative Perspective" Journal of Public Policy 20, 2 (2000), pp.133-167.


    "The European Court of Justice, National Governments and Legal Integration in the European Union" Co-authored with Geoffrey Garrett and Heiner Schulz. International Organization 52,1 (1998), pp.149-176.

  • Reprinted in International Law and International Relations, Beth Simmons and Richard Steinberg, Eds. Cambridge University Press (2007), pp.486-513.

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    Articles in Law Journals

    "On the unsustainability of constitutional pluralism: European Supremacy and the Survival of the Eurozone," Maastricht Journal of European & Comparative Law, 23,1 (2016), pp.136-150.


    "The Court of Justice of the European Union in the Twenty-first Century", Law & Contemporary Problems, 79 (2016), pp.117-140.


    "The United States, the European Union and International Environmental Law," w/ Tim Knievel, 13,4 (2015) I-CON: International Journal of Constitutional Law, pp.945-65.


    "Law, Fiscal Federalism and Austerity," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 22, 2 (2015): pp.379-400.


    "The European Union's Legitimacy: Administrative not Constitutional, or Administration then Constitutional?" Columbia Journal of European Law, 18, 1 (2012): pp.157-164.


    "The Americanization of Japanese Law." With Eric Sibbitt. University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law 23 (2002), pp.269-324.


    Book Chapters

    "Federalism and European Integration," In European Integration Theories, Antje Wiener, Tanja Borzel and Thomas Risse, eds., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2019.


    "The Dangers of Constitutional Pluralism," In Research Handbook on Pluralism and EU law, edited by Gareth Davies and Matej Avbelj, Edward Elgar, 2018, pp.392-403.


    "Eurolegalism and the Better Regulation Agenda," In Sacha Garben and Ingo Govaere (eds.), The EU Better Regulation Agenda: A Critical Assessment, Hart Publishing, 2018, pp.205-215.


    "Assessing the Transformation of Europe: A View from Political Science," with Alec Stone Sweet. In Miguel Maduro and Marlene Wind, eds, The Transformation of Europe: Twenty-Five Years On, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.193-205.


    "Kagan's Atlantic Crossing: Adversarial legalism, Eurolegalism and cooperative legalism in European regulatory style," with Francesca Bignami. In Varieties of Legal Order, Thomas Burke and Jeb Barnes (eds.), Routledge, 2017, pp.81-97.


    "Understanding the European Court's Political Power," with Karen Alter. In Key Controversies in European Integration, Andreas Dur and Hubert Zimmermann (eds.), Palgrave 2017, pp.81-90.


    "European States in Comparative Perspective," In Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism, Orfeo Fioretos, Tulia Falleti & Adam Sheingate (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 391-402.


    "EU Regulation," In The Elgar Research Handbook on Comparative Law and Regulation, Francesca Bignami & David Zaring (eds.), Edward Elgar, 2016, pp.73-91.


    "The Impact of the CJEU on the European Law Enforcement Architecture," In The Transformation of Enforcement, Hans Micklitz and Andrea Wechsler (eds.), Hart Publishing, 2016, pp. 163-178.


    "Towards a New Constitutional Architecture in the European Union?" In What Form of Government for the European Union and the Eurozone?, Federico Fabbrini, Ernst Ballin and Han Somsen (eds.), Hart Publishing, 2015, pp.197-216.


    "Selection, Appointment and Legitimacy: A Political Perspective" Chapter for Selecting Europe's Judges, edited by Michal Bobek, Oxford University Press, 2015, pp.244-258.


    "Une gouvernance fe'de'rale: mort et resurrection," Pouvoirs, revue française d'e'tudes constitutionnelles et politiques, 2014, n. 149, pp. 135-149 - Special Issue - La gouvernance europe'ene.


    "Assessing the Transformation of Europe: A View from Political Science." With Alec Stone Sweet. In Miguel Maduro and Marlene Wind, eds, The Transformation of Europe: 20 Years On. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2014.


    "Building the New European State? Federalism, Core State Powers and European Integration". Chapter for Philip Genschel and Markus Jachtenfuchs, eds. Beyond the Regulatory Polity: The European Integration of Core State Powers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2014.


    "Eurolegalism and the European Legal Field." In Bruno de Witte and Antoine Vauchez eds., Lawyering in Europe. Hart Publishing, 2013, pp.243-258.


    "Talking about the European Court: Discourses of Judging in the European Union." In Austin Sarat, ed., Special Issue: The Discourse of Judging (Studies in Law, Politics and Society, vol.58) . Emerald Publishing Group Ltd., 2012, pp.139-157.


    "European Union Agencies." Chapter for Oxford Handbook of the European Union, Erik Jones, Anand Menon and Stephen Weatherill, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2012)


    "European Law and Politics." Chapter for Europe Today, Ronald Tiersky and Erik Jones, eds. (with Saskia van Genugten). Roman and Littlefield 2011, pp.351-370.


    "Adversarial Legalism and Administrative Law in the European Union." In Comparative Administrative Law, Susan Rose-Ackerman and Peter Lindseth, eds. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2010, pp.606-617.


    "Globalizing EU Environmental Regulation." European Studies Forum (Journal of the Council for European Studies) 37:2 (Autumn 2007), pp.12-16.


    "The Politics of EC Regulation." With Anand Menon. In Better Regulation, edited by Stephen Weatherill, Hart Publishing, 2007, pp.175-189.


    "Built to Last? The Durability of EU Federalism." In Making History: State of the European Union, Vol. 8, edited by Sophie Meunier and Kate McNamara, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.301-306.


    "Federalism and the European Union." With Kalypso Nicolaidis. In Handbook on European Union Politics, edited by Mark Pollack and Ben Rosamund, Sage Press, 2007, pp.301-316.


    "Federalism and Democratization: The US and EU in Comparative Perspective." In The US and EU in Comparative Perspective, edited by Martin Schain and Anand Menon, Oxford University Press, (2006).


    "The Politics of Eurocracy: Building a New European State?" In State of the European Union, (Vol. 7) With US or Against US? Edited by Nicolas Jabko and Craig Parsons, Oxford University Press, (2005), pp.173-189.


    "The Politics of Environmental Policy in the US and EU: Coercive Federalism?" In Martin Levin, Marc Landy and Martin Shapiro (eds), Trans-Atlantic Policymaking in an Age of Austerity, Georgetown University Press, (2004), pp.203-223.


    "Globalization, Federalism and Regulation." In Dynamics of Regulatory Change: How Globalization Affects National Regulatory Policies, David Vogel and Robert Kagan, (eds). UC Press, (2004), pp. 269-297. (Previously published as Working Paper 2.76, Center for German and European Studies, UC Berkeley, May 2000, pp.1-39.)


    "Environmental Federalism in the US and the EU." In Norman Vig and Michael Faure (eds), Green Giants? Environmental Policy of the United States and the European Union. MIT Press, (2004), pp.113-134.


    "The EU Rights Revolution? Adversarial Legalism and European Integration" In Rachel Cichowski and Tanja Börzel (eds), State of the European Union, (Vol. 6) Law, Politics and Society. Oxford University Press, (2003), pp.221-234.


    "The Single Market and EU Federalism." In Craig Parsons (ed), Evolving Federalisms: The Intergovernmental Balance of Power in America and Europe. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, (2003), pp.49-62.


    "Environmental policy in the European Union: The struggle between the Court, Commission and Council?" In Brigitte Unger and Frans van Waarden (eds), Convergence or Diversity? Internationalization and Economic Policy Response. Avebury Press, (1995), pp.306-332.


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    Works in Progress

    Constructing the European Judiciary. Book Project.


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