{"product_id":"legal-mobilization-for-migrant-rights-virginia-passalacqua-9780198942979","title":"Legal Mobilization for Migrant Rights: Opportunities and Barriers at the European Court of Justice","description":"The European Court of Justice plays a key role in the interpretation and enforcement of EU law. Yet, we still know little about the conditions under which cases arrive at the Court via preliminary reference and why they are so unevenly distributed across the EU Member States. Previous studies have shown how the legal elites played a central role in feeding the Court with cases to increase their power and influence. \u003cem\u003eLegal Mobilization for Migrant Rights\u003c\/em\u003e tells a different story. Focusing on the migration domain, this book shows that EU litigation can also be used to defend powerless groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo explore the conditions under which EU legal mobilization for migrants emerges, the author compares three countries where EU migration law was mobilized before the European Court of Justice (Italy, the UK, and the Netherlands) and one where it was not (Greece). Combining empirical and doctrinal methods, this volume draws on interviews with key stakeholders and an original database of 505 migration preliminary references. Rather than focusing only on courts, \u003cem\u003eLegal Mobilization for Migrant Rights \u003c\/em\u003esheds light on the role of lawyers, academics, and civil society in activating EU justice to oppose restrictive national migration policies. Crucially, the book ultimately reveals that EU legal mobilization struggles to emerge in some contexts due to a lack of resources and limited awareness of EU legal opportunities, which stand as significant obstacles to justice and migrant rights enforcement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Passalacqua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198942974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198942979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Virginia Passalacqua","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47304752431359,"sku":"9780198942979","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23eefe54-8d34-4d9f-b825-c32aff9e9120.jpg?v=1758829063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legal-mobilization-for-migrant-rights-virginia-passalacqua-9780198942979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}