Drawing on expertise from across the worlds of the judiciary, the bar, and legal academia, this book provides fascinating insights into the role of a key Member State and how its legal influence informs the wider Union's development.

This collection sheds light on the Italian influence on European law by examining the judicial biographies of Italian judges and advocates general during almost five decades of the European Union. It explores the national ties of judges and advocates general to their Member States, to better understand the continuous relationship between the members of the EU judiciary and their Member States' governments and how they practise the principle of judicial independence, a central pillar of the ECJ's rule of law jurisprudence.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Italian Legacy to a Multifaceted Court
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors

1. Introduction: Tracing the Italian Influence on European Law Through Judicial Biographies, Daniele Gallo, Roberto Mastroianni, Fernanda G. Nicola and Lorenzo Cecchetti

PART I. THE BIOGRAPHIES OF ITALIAN JUDGES AND ADVOCATES GENERAL
A) FIRST GENERATION (1952–60s)

2. Building the Foundations of the European Court of Justice: Massimo Pilotti (1879–1962), Vera Fritz
3. Making the European Court Work: Nicola Catalano and the Origins of European Legal Integration, Tommaso Pavone
4. “Notre Nestor, Monsieur le Juge Rossi” (1889–1974): An Internationalist's Contribution to the Making of a Supranational Legal Order, Amedeo Arena

B) SECOND GENERATION (1960s–70s)

5. Alberto Trabucchi: The Defender of the European Citizens' Rights and the Van Gend & Loos Ruling of the Court of Justice, Ezio Perillo
6. Riccardo Monaco and the Doctrine of Supranationality in International Institutional Law, Edoardo Greppi
7. Francesco Capotorti: The Man, the Academic, and the Advocate General at the Court of Justice, Luigi Daniele
8. Giacinto Bosco, a Rather Well-known Politician in Italy, and One of the Lesser-known Italian Members of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Jacques Ziller

C) THIRD GENERATION (1980–2000)

9. The Contribution of Giuseppe Federico Mancini as Advocate General (1982–1988) and Judge (1988–1999) to European Constitutionalism, Vittorio Di Bucci
10. Giuseppe Tesauro – Advocate General at the ECJ (1988–1998): A Paladin of Effective Judicial Protection, Roberto Mastroianni and Massimo Condinanzi
11. Antonio La Pergola: The Idea of Europe as an Objective to be Pursued, between Founding Values and Fundamental Principles, Chiara Amalfitano and Filippo Croci
12. Antonio Saggio: A Major Contributor to European Integration, Antonio Aresu and Celestina Iannone
13. Concluding Remarks: An Insider's View on Italian Jurists at the CJEU, Antonio Tizzano

PART II. METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHIES

14. Working at the Court of Justice of the European Union, in the Experience of a Judge, Lucia Serena Rossi
15. An Institutional View on the Influence of Italian Judges and Advocates General, Laure Clément-Wilz
16. Italian Ways of EU Law: Rooting Italy in European Legal Integration, Antoine Vauchez
17. Comparative Legal Reasoning (Overt and Covert) in the Work of the Advocate General, Eleanor Sharpston KC
18. Impact of the National Legal Traditions on the Role and Activity of the EU Judges, Siniša Rodin
19. Judicial Biographies and Judicial Decision-Making: A Fish Reflects on the Work of Marine Biologists, Michal Bobek
20. Conclusion: Four Traits of the Italian Influence on European Law, Fernanda G. Nicola, Daniele Gallo, Roberto Mastroianni, and Lorenzo Cecchetti

Epilogue: National Judges and the ECJ: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Index