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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/9c03b322ce05b6a7 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-the-european-court-of-justice-a-protector-of-the-weak/ Is the European Court of Justice a Protector of the Weak? - What New Litigation Data Reveals About a Longstanding Debate Pavone, Tommaso Hermansen, Silje Synnøve Lyder Boulaziz, Louisa eng 2025-12-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CJEU ECJ neoliberalism Rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.