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Eustitia: Institutionalizing Justice In The European Union, Helen Elizabeth Hartnell
Eustitia: Institutionalizing Justice In The European Union, Helen Elizabeth Hartnell
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Madame Guigou's prediction that a "single judicial space" might be in place by the year 2020 signals a brave new horizon for the rule of law in the European Union. Yet even her dramatic claim fails to convey the range, depth, and momentum of changes wrought by the Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam in the realm of justice. The European Union is installing new infrastructure upon which to build a "genuine European area of justice." This "European judicial area" constitutes a key component of the "area of freedom, security and justice" ("AFSJ"). The Amsterdam Treaty added the AFSJ as a …