L’applicazione della condizionalità europea agli ordinamenti giudiziari: un formante efficace per la definizione di un modello unitario di magistratura?

The Application of European Conditionality to Judicial Systems: A Suitable Legal Formant for a Uniform Model of Judiciary?

Abstract

The application of conditionality schemes to the organization of national judiciaries of Member States marks a momentous step in the process of European judicial integration. While still fraught with potential issues, the conditionality mechanism seems to avoid some of the limitations afflicting the legal formant that to this day brought the most changes to Europe’s very different judiciaries: the European Court of Justice’s case law. Using the ordinary treaty revision procedure as a benchmark for European integration, the Essay argues that the use of conditional funding outweighs case law both in harmonizing ability and political legitimation.