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Just Hitting the Nail or Also the Thumb? The Court’s Deference to Member States

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JanZglinski, Europe’s Passive Virtues: Deference to National Authorities in EU Free Movement Law (Oxford University Press2020) pp. 256.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2021

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European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 2021 , pp. 353 - 367
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I am grateful to Nik de Boer and the editors for extremely helpful comments. The research assistance of Theresa Nußbaum is gratefully acknowledged.

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