nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200407-152956-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200407s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200407-152956-0 doi eng 342 23 Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9266-1188 Humiliating the Court? - Irremovability and Judicial Self-Governance at the ECJ Today Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Verfassungsblog 2020-04-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Member States, dismissing an Advocate General before the expiration of her term of office on the Court, have demonstrated that they are ready to humiliate the Court of Justice by allowing post-Brexit frustrations take the place of the Primary Law of the EU. The Rule of Law stands replaced with political whim. As AG Sharpston’s tenure is left in suspense, what is the worth of the core aspects of EU Rule of Law and judicial independence, when the Member States are willing to alter the composition of the Court by a political declaration? CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brexit ECJ Eleanor Sharpston judicial self-governance Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/humiliating-the-court/ raw object