This paper examines both scholarly debates and empirical evidence about the normative and sociological legitimacy of one of the oldest, busiest and most powerful international courts in the world: the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). With respect to normative legitimacy, the paper...

The European Union, like many other international organizations and governments, committed itself during the 1990s to the quot;mainstreamingquot; of gender issues across all policy areas at all stages in the policy process. Nonetheless, more than a decade after the Union's initial commitment,...