nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180727-103153-1 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180726s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180727-103153-1 doi eng 342 23 Wendel, Mattias Author aut Afraid of Their Own Courage? Some Preliminary Reflections on LM Wendel, Mattias Verfassungsblog 2018-07-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The much-awaited judgment in the case LM (also known as Celmer) is a landmark decision. The European Court of Justice acknowledged for the very first time that the essence of the right to a fair trial prohibits, under certain circumstances, the surrender of individuals from one EU Member State to another. Against the backdrop of the rule of law crisis in Poland and elsewhere, this acknowledgment is certain to be seen as a big step towards strengthening the rule of law in Europe. At the same time, the decision falls short of the expectations of those who wanted the Court of Justice to assess the independence of the Polish judiciary in substance. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/afraid-of-their-own-courage-some-preliminary-reflections-on-lm/ raw object