Transplanting the European Court of Justice: The Experience of the Andean Tribunal of Justice

Authors

  • Karen J. Alter Northwestern University
  • Laurence R. Helfer Duke University School of Law
  • Osvaldo Saldías Humboldt University of Berlin

Keywords:

European Community, Andean Community, international courts and tribunals, European Court of Justice, Andean Tribunal of Justice, regional integration, legal transplants, neofunctionalist theory, ideational diffusion

Abstract

Although there is an extensive literature on domestic legal transplants, far less is known about the transplantation of supranational judicial bodies. The Andean Tribunal of Justice (ATJ) is one of eleven copies of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), and the third most active international court. This article considers the origins and evolution of the ATJ as a transplanted judicial institution. It first reviews the literatures on legal transplants, neofunctionalist theory, and the spread of European ideas and institutions, explaining how the intersection of these literatures informs the study of supranational judicial transplants.

The article next explains why the Andean Pact's member states decided to add a court to their regional integration initiative, why they adapted the European Community model, and how the ECJ's existence has shaped the evolution of Andean legal doctrine and the political space within which the ATJ operates. We conclude by analyzing how the ATJ's experience informs the challenges of supranational transplants and theories of supranational legal integration more generally.

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Published

24-10-2011

How to Cite

Alter, K. J., Helfer, L. R. and Saldías, O. (2011) “Transplanting the European Court of Justice: The Experience of the Andean Tribunal of Justice”, Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 1(4). Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/51 (Accessed: 15 November 2024).

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 4 (2011): Socio-Legal Aspects of Adjudication of International Economic Disputes

Section

Thematic Articles

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