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Illiberalism Within: Rule of Law Backsliding in the EU
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Pech, Laurent & Dimitry Kochenov. (2021). Respect for the rule of law in the case law of the European Court of Justice: a casebook overview of key judgments since the Portuguese Judges Case. Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London).20 indexed citations
Pech, Laurent & Dimitry Kochenov. (2019). Strengthening the Rule of Law within the European Union: Diagnoses, Recommendations, and What to Avoid. SSRN Electronic Journal.13 indexed citations
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Pech, Laurent, et al.. (2018). Judicial Independence Under threat:The Court of Justice to the Rescue in the ASJP Case (Case C-64/16, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses, Judgment of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 27 February 2018, EU:C:2018:117). SSRN Electronic Journal.1 indexed citations
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Pech, Laurent, et al.. (2018). Judicial Independence Under Threat: The Court of Justice to the Rescue. SSRN Electronic Journal.1 indexed citations
Pech, Laurent, et al.. (2016). An EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights. SSRN Electronic Journal.5 indexed citations
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Kochenov, Dimitry, et al.. (2015). Ni panacée, ni gadget: le “nouveau cadre de l’Union européenne pour renforcer l’État de droit”. Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London). 2015(4). 1–26.3 indexed citations
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Kochenov, Dimitry, et al.. (2015). Ni Panacée, Ni Gadget: Le 'Nouveau Cadre De L’Union Européenne Pour Renforcer L’Etat De Droit' (Neither Gadget Nor Panacea: 'A New EU Framework to Strengthen the Rule of Law'). SSRN Electronic Journal.2 indexed citations
Pech, Laurent. (2012). Between Judicial Minimalism and Avoidance: The Court of Justice's Sidestepping of Fundamental Constitutional Issues in Römer and Dominguez. Common Market Law Review. 49(6). 1841–1880.2 indexed citations
Pech, Laurent. (2011). The Institutional Development of the EU Post Lisbon: A Case of Plus Ça Change?. SSRN Electronic Journal.2 indexed citations
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Pech, Laurent. (2010). “Trying to have it both ways” — on the first judgments of the Court of First Instance concerning EC acts adopted in the fight against international terrorism. Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London).
Pech, Laurent. (2008). The Fabulous Destiny of the EC Treaty: From Treaty to Constitution to Treaty Again?. SSRN Electronic Journal.1 indexed citations
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Pech, Laurent. (2006). Balancing Freedom of the Press with Competing Rights and Interests: A Comparative Perspective. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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