nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200629-224736-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200629s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200629-224736-0 doi eng 342 23 Lashyn, Serhii Author aut Frankenstein’s Court Lashyn, Serhii Verfassungsblog 2020-06-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Due to Brexit, the remaining 27 EU Member States would like to remove Eleanor Sharpston, an Advocate General nominated by the United Kingdom, from the CJEU. Many have criticized this idea, claiming that a removal would undermine the judicial independence of the Court. This post argues that the position taken by the EU 27 to remove Eleanor Sharpston from the Court is actually well-reasoned and lawful while leaving her in office would lead to strange consequences e.g. that the Judges of the Court are less protected than its Advocate Generals. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Advocate General brexit Eleanor Sharpston judicial independence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/frankensteins-court/ raw object