European Union Court of Justice Interviews

In this special Borderlines project, host Katerina Linos, Tragen Professor of International Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and guest co-host Mark Pollack(opens in a new tab), Feaney Professor of Political Science and Law at Temple University, launch a unique interview series featuring Judges and Advocates General serving at the Court of Justice of the European Union(opens in a new tab) (CJEU) in Luxembourg. This EU institution consists of the Court of Justice(opens in a new tab) (ECJ) as such, which is the upper court, and of the General Court, which is the lower court. The ECJ ensures that EU law is applied in the same way in all EU countries, and settles legal disputes between national governments and EU institutions. It issues nearly 800 judgments annually on average. These are available in the 24 official languages of the EU(opens in a new tab) to ensure equal access. Nearly half(opens in a new tab) of the Court’s 27 sitting Judges and 11 Advocates General are profiled in this pioneering podcast series, adding fresh data to existing research(opens in a new tab). Each participating Member shares their unique background, jurisprudence, and outlook on the future of Europe’s supreme court more than 70 years since its founding(opens in a new tab).