nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7786e6fa9e6db6e2 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250509s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7786e6fa9e6db6e2 doi eng 342 23 Marketou, Afroditi Author aut Local Meanings of EU Law - The Case of Proportionality Marketou, Afroditi Verfassungsblog 2025-05-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Law can be viewed not as a universal (or European) science but, following Geertz, as local knowledge. To illustrate the relevance of this perspective for understanding EU law, its effects, and the limits of integration through law, this text draws on the findings of a “classical” comparative study on the application of proportionality as an EU law principle in three national contexts: France, England, and Greece. This type of approach has the potential to evolve – and indeed is already evolving – into an interdisciplinary exploration of the diverse ways in which EU law is understood, applied, and experienced in settings as varied as the Paagalayiri market in Ouagadougou, the train-line connection between Paris and Marseille, or the camp of Moria on Lesvos. CC BY-SA 4.0 European constitutional law european law Methods Proportionality Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/local-meanings-of-eu-law/ raw object