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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200429-044548-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/on-doctrinal-contortions-and-legal-fetishes/ On Doctrinal Contortions and Legal Fetishes - A Sceptical Response to Christophe Hillion Scholtes, Julian eng 2020-04-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Art. 50 TEU Legal Fetishism Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 There seems to be a belief – especially persistent among some EU legal scholars – that even the largest political problems can be solved through the law. It suggests that any balance of authority and legitimacy between the EU and the Member States is, in fact, a mere technicality of institutional configuration, and a mere doctrinal sleight of hand would suffice to tip the scale of authority one way or another. This belief also seems to be underlying a recent blogpost by Christophe Hillion.