Contested procedures
Ambiguities, interstices and EU institutional change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6407953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Jupille (0000-0001-5128-5868, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 301-320 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402380701239756 |
| OpenAlex | W1986093411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper applies the framework developed by Farrell and Héritier to disputes over ‘legal bases’ (empowering treaty provisions) and legislative procedures in everyday EU decision-making. Using a variety of data, it largely confirms the power of the Farrell–Héritier framework. Legal bases and procedural political disputes respond to incomplete contracting problems, manifested as the jurisdictional ambiguity of specific policy issues. Parties consistently act as competence maximisers, bargaining interstitially in the pursuit of procedural power. Everyday fights over procedures appear to feed back into subsequent formal institutional (treaty) change. The results support claims of endogenous EU institutional change, while highlighting extensive legal-discursive structuring of this process
Ambiguity · Competence (human resources · Economics · Law and economics · Legislature · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Structuring · Treaty · Variety (cybernetics · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · International Arbitration and Investment Law · Law
Why the European Parliament litigates
Rules about rules’ and the endogenous dynamics of international law
Tacit procedural politics
An Information Processing Perspective on Decision Making in the European Union
Introduction
When norms and rules collide
The European Union in a Geo‐Economic World
Conclusion
Vertical juridical disputes over legal bases
Inter-institutional cooperation and intergroup unity in the shadow of veto
Procedural Politics Revisited
Power Shifts via the Judicial Arena
Supranationalism, constrained? Locating the Court of Justice on the EU integration dimension
Policy, Office, or Votes?
Building Europe's Parliament
The Judicial Construction of Europe
Turf Wars
A theory of the conditional influence of the European Parliament in the cooperation procedure
The Essential Function of Federal Courts
Agenda setting, vetoes and the european union's co‐decision procedure
Efficiency or credibility? Testing the two logics of delegation to the European Commission
What Affects the European Parliament’s Legislative Influence? An Analysis of the Success of EP Amendments
Formal and Informal Institutions Under Codecision
From the Luxembourg compromise to codecision
Legislative Procedures in the European Union
The European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
More on the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
In View of Ratification
Codecision and institutional change
Challenging the Commission's right of initiative? Conditions for institutional change and stability
Vertical juridical disputes over legal bases
The Evolution of Legislative Jurisdictions
More on the co‐decision endgame
When and Why the EU Council of Ministers Votes Explicitly
Examining the EU Legislative Process
Moving Beyond Procedure
Nonlegislative Hearings and Policy Change in Congress
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,68 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |