Governing Europe under a Constitution

the Hard Road from the european treaties to a european constitutional treaty

At the summit in Laeken in December 2001 the European Council opened the debate on the reform of the supranational structures through its 'Declaration on the Future of the European Union' and proposed a wide-ranging agenda. The European Convention, with the mandate of the European ...

The boundaries of EC competition Law

The scope of article 81

This monograph addresses two problems surrounding the interpretation and application of Article 81 of the EC Treaty - what is competition and how does Article 81 ensure that competition is protected. After over 40 years of application and a period of modernisation, decentralisation, and reflection, it ...

Derecho comunitario del medio ambiente

Marco institucional, regulación sectorial y aplicación en España

La presente obra ofrece en un solo volumen una exposición global, pero sintética y crítica, de la regulación ambiental europea. En ella se analiza no sólo las diferentes normas aprobadas por las instituciones comunitarias en los diferentes sectores ambientales (impacto ecológico; protección de la naturaleza ...

Figures du parquet

Le ministère public est en débat qu'il s'agisse de l'autonomie du Parquet, de son indépendance souhaitée ou contestée, de ses fonctions ou de son appartenance ou non à l'autorité judiciaire. Cet ouvrage explore dix pays dont cinq sont membres de la ...

Europa a debate

20 años después (1986-2006)

¿Queremos ampliar las fronteras de la Unión Europea hasta Turquía, Marruecos o Rusia?¿La lucha contra el terrorismo internacional o el reto de la inmigración se pueden gestionar mejor dentro de Europa?¿Cómo se pueden acercar las institucions de la UE a los ciudadanos o ...

L'ordinamento europeo.Vol.II: L'esercizio delle competenze

SOMMARIO: La competenza europea, il suo esercizio e l'impatto sugli ordinamenti degli Stati membri (di S. Mangiameli) - I poteri impliciti comunitari, l'art. 308 TCE come base giuridica per l'espansione dell'azione comunitaria (di R. Calvano) - Il principio della competenza concorrente nell'ordinamento ...

Espacio penal europeo y mutuo reconocimiento

(Perspectivas alemana y española)

La creación de un espacio judicial europeo en materia penal constituye uno de los aspectos más relevantes del proceso de integración europea. No se trata de un simple objetivo a alcanzar sino, en muy buena medida, de una realidad que se ha traducido ya en ...

The politics of a European Civil Code

The European Commission's recently published "Action Plan on European Contract Law" has re-fuelled the ongoing debate about the idea of a European Civil Code. Whatever its eventual economic, social, or cultural value, few doubt that the shape of the Civil Code, if and when ...

Migration, diasporas and legal systems in Europe

At a time when issues concerning migration and the formation of diasporic communities have come to be critical for all European legal systems, this volume reflects, discusses and analyses the questions raised by diasporas who have established themselves in Europe over more than fifty years ...

La negociación colectiva en el sistema normativo comunitario

A partir del Tratado de Máastrich de 1992, la negociación colectiva empezó a jugar un papel cada vez más importante en el proceso de integración europea. Se trata de un fenómeno relativamente reciente pero que está alcanzando un impulso trascendental porque pone de manifiesto la ...

The EU and Romania

accession and beyond

Romania will soon be a member of the European Union. Yet few people are aware of how the country has evolved since the revolutionary events of December 1989 and under what circumstances membership has been achieved. Equally, what membership will mean for Romania and for ...

The EC merger control regulation

a critical analysis of DG COMP practice and community courts´jurisprudence

Merger control constitutes a well-established pillar of EU competition law. However, the drafters of the Community competition merger legislation, in view of the need to attain the imperative goal of market integration, put more emphasis on the clarification of the substantive rules applied by the ...

National and regional parliaments in the european constitutional order

How does the Parliament of the United Kingdom hold ministers to account for their European policies? How does the EU principle of subsidiarity affect the relation between Westminster and the Scottish Parliament? How does Belgium accomodate its powerful regional assemblies into the European role of ...

Diritto europeo dei contratti

Il libro di Hein Kötz, Europaïsches Vertragsrecht, Mohr, Tübingen, 1996, offre una interessante esposizione, destinata agli studenti (e ai giuristi) del vecchio continente, costruita in modo da mettere in luce le caratteristiche dell'antico strumento di regolamentazione dei rapporti economici presenti in tutti gli ordinamenti ...

The future of Europe

reform or decline

This work presents a provocative argument that unless Europe takes serious action soon, its economic and political decline is unavoidable, and a clear statement of the steps Europe must take before it's too late. Unless Europe takes action soon, its further economic and political ...

Democracy in Europe

the EU and national polities

Seeks to explore the impact of the EU on national democracies Theoretically innovative, developing new terms to explain democracy across the EU.Breaks new ground, arguing that the EU is a regional state Contains detailed case-studies of Britain and France (as 'simple' polities) and Germany ...

The use and utility of international arbitration in EC Commission merger remedies

a novel supranational paradigm in the making?

This new book seeks to analyse and discuss the European Commission#s recent use of arbitration clauses as a mechanism for the judicial monitoring of especially behavioural remedies in the context of EC merger control. As the discussions will show, despite the partially #pathological# nature ...

Investor protection in Europe

corporate Law making, the MiFID and beyond

This collection explores the topical issue of investor protection in Europe from both a capital market and a company law perspective, and offers a broad and coherent perspective on regulatory competition and harmonisation concerning companies and securities markets in the EU. Following the unitary approach ...

Regulating content-European regulatory framework for the media and related creative sectors

A complex network of regulatory systems has arisen around the provision of media in Europe. In this connection, regulating content is a focal point, as content is not only of economic but of vital cultural importance. At community level, a wide variety of measures have ...

Judiciaries within Europe

a comparative review

An in-depth study of the careers and roles of judges in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and England, this book is based on original language materials and investigations of judges and judicial institutions in each country. On the basis of these detailed case studies, the book ...