@GrahamButler1

Full Professor of Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden.

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📄 New article "When Public Authorities Do Not Decide: On the Need for a Failure to Act Procedure in Swedish Administrative Law" in Förvaltningsrättslig tidskrift ⚖️ A court can order a public authority to decide. But if it simply doesn't? What then? 🔓 doi.org/10.53292/ba5659bf.7b…
Graham Butler, 'When Public Authorities Do Not Decide: On the Need for a Failure to Act Procedure in Swedish Administrative Law' (2026) 89 Förvaltningsrättslig tidskrift, pp. 407-428.

ALT Graham Butler, 'When Public Authorities Do Not Decide: On the Need for a Failure to Act Procedure in Swedish Administrative Law' (2026) 89 Förvaltningsrättslig tidskrift, pp. 407-428.

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'The Generals', edited by @IainDale, is out now. It features a contribution from me on Charlemagne, from another time in European history. Published by Hodder & Stoughton/Hachette (hodder.co.uk/titles/iain-dal…), distributed worldwide.
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It's Publication Day for my latest edited book of essays, THE GENERALS, published by Hodder & Stoughton. It covers 69 Generals from Sun Tzu through to David Petraeus. Thanks to all who contributed. I'm very proud of it. Buy a signed copy politicos.co.uk/products/the…
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New book 📘 Micro-states of Europe and their Legal Relations with the European Union (2026) Andorra 🇦🇩 Monaco 🇲🇨 San Marino 🇸🇲 and the Vatican City State 🇻🇦 across EU constitutional, internal market, institutional, and external relations law 🔗 law-store.wolterskluwer.com/… #EUlaw
Graham Butler, Micro-states of Europe and their Legal Relations with the European Union (Kluwer Law International, 2026).

ALT Graham Butler, Micro-states of Europe and their Legal Relations with the European Union (Kluwer Law International, 2026).

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New chapter 📕 examining how the Court of Justice of the European Union decides not to decide cases. I argue that it does so through procedural control, narrow rulings, and related techniques. 🏛️🇪🇺 URL: doi.org/10.1093/978019898300… (eds: L. Lonardo & A. Loxa) #EUlaw #CJEU
Graham Butler, 2026, Deciding Not to Decide: Dismissal, Narrowing, and Relinquishment at the Court of Justice of the European Union. in Luigi Lonardo & Alezini Loxa (eds), The Reasoning of the Court of Justice of the EU: A Normative Assessment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 331-351.

ALT Graham Butler, 2026, Deciding Not to Decide: Dismissal, Narrowing, and Relinquishment at the Court of Justice of the European Union. in Luigi Lonardo & Alezini Loxa (eds), The Reasoning of the Court of Justice of the EU: A Normative Assessment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 331-351.

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Is there a political question doctrine in EU law? The CJEU long took no position. No more! It has now discovered it. By me: 'From Search to Discovery of the Political Question Doctrine in EU Law' in European Law Review, 2025, 50(6), pp. 761-774. URL: uk.westlaw.com/Document/I29F…
Graham Butler, 'From Search to Discovery of the Political Question Doctrine in EU Law', European Law Review, 2025, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 761-774.

ALT Graham Butler, 'From Search to Discovery of the Political Question Doctrine in EU Law', European Law Review, 2025, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 761-774.

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New book, now published. The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler. Hardback, here: bloomsbury.com/uk/eu-law-of-… Full open access, here: doi.org/10.5040/978150996588… #EUlaw
New book: The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler.

ALT New book: The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler.

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Appeals brought by Member States against General Court judgments to the Court of Justice under Article 56 of CJEU Statute. Case C-728/23 P. Nice to see both a book I co-edited and an article I authored cited in the Opinion of the Advocate General today. curia.europa.eu/juris/docume…
Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou, delivered on 18 September 2025. Case C‑728/23 P, Kingdom of Spain v Robert Stockdale, Council of the European Union, European Commission, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Court of Justice of the European Union.

ALT Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou, delivered on 18 September 2025. Case C‑728/23 P, Kingdom of Spain v Robert Stockdale, Council of the European Union, European Commission, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Court of Justice of the European Union.

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This week in Copenhagen. Meeting of the Agents (of the Member States) before the @EUCourtPress ⚖️ at the @DanishMFA 🇩🇰🇪🇺 #EUlaw #CJEU
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Vacancy: Doctoral Fellowship in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden. 📅 Apps: by 1 Nov '25. 💡 On offer: 4-year full-time salaried position. 💭 Interest in: Competition, data protection, privacy law. 👉 Job ID: HR-2025/1249: 🔗 EN: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I009… #EUlaw
Vacancy. Doctorial Fellow in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Job ID: HR-2025/1249. www.lnu.se

ALT Vacancy. Doctorial Fellow in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Job ID: HR-2025/1249. www.lnu.se

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Can the 🇪🇺 High Representative be in CJEU proceedings ⚖️ in their individual capacity (i.e., not as Comm VP, Head of the EEAS, other hats)? Evidently, yes, though with nuances as intervener, applicant, and defendant. My contribution in a new Festschrift: doi.org/10.1163/978900470063…
New chapter by Professor Graham Butler called 'The High Representative as a New Actor before the Court of Justice of the European Union' in a book called 'The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as a Legal Actor: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Stephan Marquardt', edited by Frank Hoffmeister and Lóránt Havas, published by Brill (Leiden, 2025).

ALT New chapter by Professor Graham Butler called 'The High Representative as a New Actor before the Court of Justice of the European Union' in a book called 'The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as a Legal Actor: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Stephan Marquardt', edited by Frank Hoffmeister and Lóránt Havas, published by Brill (Leiden, 2025).

New chapter by Professor Graham Butler called 'The High Representative as a New Actor before the Court of Justice of the European Union' in a book called 'The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as a Legal Actor: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Stephan Marquardt', edited by Frank Hoffmeister and Lóránt Havas, published by Brill (Leiden, 2025).

ALT New chapter by Professor Graham Butler called 'The High Representative as a New Actor before the Court of Justice of the European Union' in a book called 'The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as a Legal Actor: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Stephan Marquardt', edited by Frank Hoffmeister and Lóránt Havas, published by Brill (Leiden, 2025).

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