Jurisdictional politics are defined as the judicial determination of legal orders' boundaries. These boundaries are delineated by judicial pronouncements defining the proper forum for dispute resolution, articulating the proper rules for resolving legal disputes, clarifying the application of legal rules, and recognizing, enforcing legal acts. In short, jurisdictional politics is about how courts exercise authority and justify this exercise, aiming at the institutionalized resolution of disagreements. The study of European jurisdictional politics exemplifies in a unique way the process of legal change from a Westphalian state-centered legal order to a pluralistic post-Westphalian one. This book takes the European reality as an example case of supranational legal history, examining how the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights resolve jurisdictional conflicts by means of jurisdictional politics. The book, therefore, will explain the causes and consequences of the jurisdictional regimes for managing transboundary jurisdictional conflicts developed in a multi-ethnic legal context. This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the historical development of jurisdictional politics that combines the findings of both law and social science.
