Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : justice contained -- The variable reach of the law : the European Court of Justice and the politics of legal integration -- Containing justice : institutional constraints on law in the European Union -- From jurisprudence to policy : the liberalization of European telecommunications -- European law and what states made of it : intergovernmental reform of electricity -- From law to policy and practice? -- Nationality and access to public-sector employment -- Justice contained and reversed : nationality, territory, and access to social benefits -- The European Court of Justice and judicial authority : comparisons and conclusions.