nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/9c03b322ce05b6a7 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251214s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/9c03b322ce05b6a7 doi eng 342 23 Pavone, Tommaso Author aut Is the European Court of Justice a Protector of the Weak? - What New Litigation Data Reveals About a Longstanding Debate Pavone, Tommaso Verfassungsblog 2025-12-14 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Is the European Court of Justice biased toward business interests, or does it protect the weak? Drawing on a novel dataset of nearly 7,000 rulings from 1962 to 2016, this blog post revisits a longstanding debate with systematic evidence. Contrary to persistent critiques, this blog post shows that individuals invoking rights win more often than corporate litigants. Through strategies of “leveling” and “spotlighting,” the ECJ not only counters resource asymmetries in litigation but also publicly amplifies pro-individual rights outcomes. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU ECJ neoliberalism Rights Hermansen, Silje Synnøve Lyder Author aut Boulaziz, Louisa Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-the-european-court-of-justice-a-protector-of-the-weak/ raw object