Juan Antonio Mayoral Diaz-Asensio
Juan A. Mayoral is ‘Ramón y Cajal’ Research Fellow at Carlos III University and holds an interdisciplinary education based on his PhD in Political and Social Sciences (European University Institute) and BAs in Law, Philosophy and Political Science. In his PhD thesis, Juan has innovatively contributed to the interdisciplinary understanding of the politics of judicial enforcement of EU law. His doctoral research received peer recognition through the award of the Best Thesis Prize from the Spanish Association of Political Science (2015). After his PhD, Juan joined iCourts at the University of Copenhagen as postdoctoral fellow in 2014, where he also reached the position of Assistant (2017) and Associate professor (2019). During his time at iCourts, he implemented interdisciplinary and methodological teaching and research for the study of EU law and International Law and Courts at the Faculty of Law and the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen.
His work on EU law, courts and Europeanization has been published in recognized journals in the field and acknowledged by a multidisciplinary audience. He has frequently participated in seminars and discussions related to EU Law, Politics and Sociology and he also has actively promoted such debates by organising and participating in interdisciplinary academic conferences and workshops with top-scholars in the field. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Law & Courts Section of the European Consortium for Political Research, member of the Board of Danish European Community Studies Association and of the Network of legal empirical scholars.
Areas of specialization
Judicial Behavior
Law & Politics / Comparative Judicial Politics
Judicial Trust
Theories of Democracy
Public opinion & Elites
European Integration & Law
Global and Regional Governance
Empirical Legal Studies
Qualitative & Quantitative/Mixed Methods
Education
2010-2013 European University Institute, PhD in Political Science & doctor member in the CEACS, Juan March Institute. Title: “The Politics of Judging EU law: A new approach to the role of national courts in the legal integration of Europe”. Examining Board: Adrienne Héritier (EUI/RSCAS) (Supervisor), Marlene Wind (Univ. Copenhagen), Bruno de Witte (EUI/Univ. Maastricht), and Alec Stone-Sweet (Yale Univ.).
2009-2010 European University Institute, MA of Research.
2008-2009 Autonomous University of Madrid. MA in Democracy and Government.
2006-2008 Juan March Institute, Madrid. MA in Social Sciences.
2005-2006 Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid. Diploma in Political Science and Constitutional Law.
2004-2006 Complutense University of Madrid. BA in Political Science.
2001-2005 University of Balearic Islands, Mallorca. BA in Philosophy.
1999-2004 University of Balearic Islands, Mallorca. BA in Law. Diploma in Public Law.
Articles
2017 May “In the CJEU judges trust: A new approach in the judicial construction of Europe.” Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 55(3). Pages 551–568. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.12488/full
2017 May co-authored with Dorte Martinsen “Unfit for patient rights in cross border healthcare? The universalist healthcare model meets the European Union”. Comparative European Politics. Special Issue “The Rise of a European Healthcare Union”, edited by Dorte Martinsen and Hans Vollaard. Vol. 15(3). Pages 414-434. https://link.springer.com/journal/41295/15/3/page/1
2016 co-authored with José Ramón Montero, Raúl Gómez, Pablo Barberá and Pedro Riera. “Elecciones municipales en España: la personalización del voto”. [Local elections in Spain: The personalization of the vote] Revista Internacional de Sociología.
2016 Jan co-authored with José Ramón Montero, Raúl Gómez, Pablo Barberá and Pedro Riera. “Elecciones municipales en España: un análisis multinivel de los determinantes individuales y contextuales del voto”. [Local elections in Spain. A Multilevel analysis of the individual and contextual determinants of voting] Revista de Estudios Políticos. Vol. 172. Pages 47-82.
2014 Jun co-authored with Urszula Jaremba and Tobias Nowak. “Creating EU judges: The role of generational differences, legal education and judicial career paths in the approach of national judges to EU law”. Journal of European Public Policy. Vol. 21(8). Pages. 1120-1141. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2014.915871
2013 Oct-Dec. co-authored with David Ordóñez Solís and Dimitry Berberoff (Spanish Judicial Network on European Union Law). “Los jueces españoles como jueces de la Unión Europea: conocimiento, experiencias y actitudes hacia el derecho europeo”. English: Spanish judges as EU judges: knowledge, experiences and attitudes towards EU law. Revista Española de Derecho Europeo. Vol. 48. Pages 127-152.
2013 Sep co-authored with José Ramón Montero, Raúl Gómez, Pablo Barberá and Pedro Riera. “The electoral consequences of corruption scandals in Spain”. Crime, Law and Social Change. Vol. 60, Issue 5, Pages 515-534.
2013 Jul-Sep “La Politización de la aplicación judicial del Derecho Europeo: Un estudio del Tribunal Supremo Español.” English: The Politization of the judicial enforcement of EU law: A study of the Spanish Supreme Court. Revista de Estudios Políticos. Vol. 161. Pages 117-141.
2012 Oct-Dec “¿Por qué los autócratas limitan judicialmente su poder? Un análisis comparado de la existencia de altos tribunales en autocracias.” English: Why do autocrats place judicial constraints on their power? A comparative analysis of high courts in autocracies. Revista de Estudios Políticos. Vol. 158. Pages. 41-74. ISSN: 0048-7694.
Book chapters
Forthcoming “El papel de los actores judiciales en la Unión Europea del Tratado de Lisboa” [The role of judicial actors in the UE after Lisbon] with Pablo Castillo in Análisis de la Unión Europea en un Contexto Cambiante. Luis Bouza and Cristina Ares (eds.). Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Forthcoming “Impact through Trust: The CJEU as a trust-enhancing institution” in International Courts and Domestic Politics. Marlene Wind and Andreas Follesdal (eds.) Oxford University Press
Forthcoming “Parliaments and the European Union” with Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy & Ana Carrillo López. The political power in Spain. Xavier Coller, Antonio Jaime, Fabiola Mota (eds). Palgrave.
2016 Sep “Parlamentos y Unión Europa” [Parliaments and the European Union] with Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy & Ana Carrillo López. El poder político en España. [The political power in Spain] Xavier Coller, Antonio Jaime, Fabiola Mota (eds). Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-7476-710-0. Pages 287-303.
2016 Jun “National Courts and EU law: An Introduction.” With Marlene Wind. National Courts and EU Law: New Issues, Theories and Methods. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. Pages: 1-11.
2015 Jun co-authored with José Ramón Montero, Raúl Gómez, Pablo Barberá y Pedro Riera. “Elecciones municipales en España (1979-2011): las dimensiones del voto” [Local elections in Spain (1979-2011): the dimensions of voting]. Edited book by Manuel Arenilla, La elección directa del alcalde. Reflexiones, efectos y alternativas. Pages 105-139. Madrid: Fundación Democracia y Gobierno Local. Serie Claves de Gobierno Local 19.
2014 Jun “Overcoming the Legal Iron Curtain: Similarities and differences in the use of preliminary references between new and old Member States”. Dealing with EU law: The role of national courts in interpretation and application of European Union law. Edited book by Mihai Sandru, Giuseppe Martinico and Mihai Banu. Editura Universitara. Pages 60-85. ISBN 978-606-591-749-1, DOI 10.5682/9786065917491.
Books and edited books
2016 Jun co-edited with Bruno de Witte, Marlene Wind, Urszula Jaremba and Karolina Postdawa. “National Courts and EU Law: New Issues, Theories and Methods”. Cheltenham, Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.
2015 Jun “The Politics of Judging EU Law: A New Approach to National Courts in the Legal Integration of Europe.” Madrid: Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones.
Working papers and reports
2016 Sep co-authored with Werner Schäfke and Martine Stagelund Hvidt. “Eksterne underviseres syn på juridisk uddannelse: Anbefalinger for en stærkere sammenhæng mellem praksis og undervisning” [Translation: External teachers’ views on legal education: Recommendations for a stronger link between practice and teaching]. Report commissioned by the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen.
2016 May co-authored with Urszula Jaremba. “Perspectives on Europeanization of national judiciaries: old and new questions” iCourts Working Papers, No. 59.
2015 Aug co-authored with Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen. “A Judicialisation of Healthcare Policies in Denmark and Spain? The Universalist Healthcare Model Meets the European Union” Legal Studies Research Papers Series, Vol. 1, No. 1. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2649865
2015 Aug co-authored with Tobias Nowak and Urszula Jaremba. “Wie Richter ihr Wissen erwerben” RISTA 4/15 Der Vorstand des Bundes der Richter und Staatsanwälte in Nordrhein-Westfalen. https://www.drb-nrw.de/component/attachments/download/581
2015 Aug co-authored with Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen. “A Judicialisation of Healthcare Policies in Denmark and Spain? The Universalist Healthcare Model Meets the European Union” iCourts Working Papers, No. 30. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2649865
2013 Nov co-authored With Ferrán Martínez i Coma. “La Calidad de la Justicia: ¿Cómo evalúan los españoles el funcionamiento de las instituciones judiciales y qué se puede hacer para mejorarlas?” Estudios de Progreso, 76/2013. Fundación Alternativas.
http://www.falternativas.org/content/download/20947/533434/version/2/file/EP76_2013.pdf
2012 Dec “Overcoming the Legal Iron Curtain: Similarities and differences in the use of preliminary references between new and old Member States”. Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 4, issue 3. http://www.on-federalism.eu/attachments/148_download.pdf
2011 Feb Report on the Democratic improvements in the European Union under the Lisbon Treaty European Union Democracy Observatory. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. European University Institute. http://www.eui.eu/Projects/EUDO-Institutions/Documents/EUDOreport922011.pdf
Book reviews
2014 Sep Book review of “The Legal Effects of EU Agreements”, by Mendez, M. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 52, Issue 5, 1164–1165. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.12173_7/abstract
2012 Mar Book review of “EU Constitutional Law. An Introduction”, by Rosas, A. & Armati, L. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, Issue 2, 361–362. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02234_7.x/abstract
Contact details
Tel. (+34) 916245829
Email: juan.mayoral@uc3m.es
Postal address:
Department of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences
University Carlos III of Madrid
Calle Madrid, 126
PC: 28903. Getafe (Madrid)
Working Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English, Italian, French, Danish
