In this article published in the European Constitutional Law Review, Mark Dawson discusses a range of topics related to the changing substance of European law, including the intrinsic relation between form and substance in law, the idea and criteria for a ‘substantive core’ to the legal order and the internal market as early EU law’s substantive core. Moreover, the Co-Director of the Jacques Delors Centre investigates the EU’s changing policy substance and the subsequent ‘de-coring’ of the legal order, the consequences of such de-coring and its impact on EU law’s relevance and legitimacy as well as early attempts to reconcile EU law with the changing substance of EU policy.
Dawson, M. (2024) “The Changing Substance of European Law”. European Constitutional Law Review, pp. 1-31. DOI: 10.1017/S1574019624000233