ABSTRACT
There are few areas in EU integration law and policy in which the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘the EU Court’) has not played a major role as a vehicle of integration, and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) is no exception. One could even go so far as to say that the AFSJ represents a field of law in which the EU Court has been a particularly important player and in which the judicial process has helped constitutionalize and transform this area into a central EU integration site.
