Politics and the European Commission

actors, interdependence, legitimacy

The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise', however, and by using the results of original research ...

The changing European Commission

How successful has Romano Prodi been in reviving the European Commission after the crisis of 1999? What impact has he made on the operation of the College of Commissioners and how successful was the reform of the administrative machinery of this key organisation? In addition ...

The European Union and e-Voting

addressing the European Parliament's internet voting challenge

The European Union and E- Voting investigates one of the latest potential changes in the 'technology of democracy' - electronic voting. It explores how it may impact on traditional mechanisms of democratic participation, raising issues that go to the very core of contemporary governance. Among the ...

Changing institutions in the European Union

a public choice perspective

This book makes a valuable, analytical contribution to recent debates on the ongoing institutional changes occurring within the European Union. It provides a comprehensive and diverse insight into a variety of areas, including in-depth studies of fiscal, monetary and voting issues, to help elucidate the ...

Gobernanza multinivel en la Unión Europea

La emergencia del nuevo orden político europeo ha generado una dinámica del cambio intitucional. Se trata de nuevos paradigmas, pricipios, normas, recursos y modos de actuación cuyos impactos penetran en los distintos sistemas estatales, alterando la división de las competencias, las relaciones entre los niveles ...

Le parlement à l'épreuve de l'europe et de la Ve République

L'accord conclu le 18 juin 2001 sur le projet de traité établissant une Constitution pour l'Europe ouvre la perspective d'une participation accrue des Parlements nationaux aux activités de l'Union européenne. Pour autant, seul l'avenir nous dira - sous la réserve que ...

Law and governance in an enlarged European Union

This book's principal aim is to critically address the institutional and substantive legal issues resulting from European enlargement, concentrating on the legal foundations on which the enlarged Union is being built. The accession of new Member States creates the potential for a stronger and ...

Law, legitimacy, and european governance

functional participation in social regulation

This volume examines the role of law in increasing the legitimacy of European decision-making by structuring and facilitating diverse forms of participation, representation, and deliberation whilst ensuring transparency and accountability. The democratic deficit and the legitimacy of the European Union have attracted the attention of ...

El procedimiento por inejecución en la Justicia europea

Sin duda esta materia encierra uno de los ámbitos donde todavía debe de avanzar la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia para cerrar el círculo de la instauración de un Estado de Derecho comunitario. Estudia, por ello, el art. 228.2 del Tratado de Maastricht, en ...

Le dialogue entre les juges européens et nationaux: incantation ou réalité?

L'obbligo di conformarsi alle sentenze della Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'Uomo

L'art. 46, par.1, della Convenzione europea per la salvaguardia dei diritti dell'uomo e delle libertà fondamentali stabilisce che "le Altre Parti contraenti si impegnano a conformarsi alle sentenze definitive della Corte nelle controversie delle quali sono parti". Il volume si propone di ...

Un Derecho Penal para Europa

Corpus Juris 2000: un modelo para la protección penal de bienes jurídicos comunitarios

El estudio se ha organizado en torno a dos temas principales. El primer tema tenía por objeto las cuestiones sobre la factibilidad del Corpus Juris en lo que respecta a la legislación nacional de los Estados Miembros, analizando artículo por artículo del Corpus Juris, el ...

The judicial construction of Europe

After developing and testing a theory of integration, Alec Stone Sweet assesses the impact of the European Court of Justice on the politics of trade, sex equality, and environmental protection in the European Union. Table of Contents 1. Theory of European Legal Integration 2. Constructing ...

Quelle cohérence pour l'espace judiciaire européen?

L'espace judiciaire européen est en pleine construction. Il existe déjà un certain nombre de règles communes du droit processuel européen. Néanmoins, l'ensemble des règles, issu de sources éparses, manque de cohérence. Certaines redondances ou contrariétés entre les textes s'expliquent notamment par des ...

National remedies before the court of justice

issues of harmonisation and differentiation

The Court of Justice has delivered an extensive body of caselaw concerning the obligation of domestic courts to provide effective judicial protection to claimants relying upon Community law rights # including such landmark judgments as Factortame and Francovich. This book offers a critical analysis of the ...

Les opinions séparées des judges à la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme

Posant comme hypothèse de recherche que les opinions séparées jouent dans le système de la Convention européenne des droits de l#homme un rôle identique à celui tenu par la doctrine, la présente étude se veut résolument analytique, une démarche théorique ne permettant pas en ...

Gli accordi fra soggetti pubblici nel diritto europeo

La monografia si occupa dell'inquadramento sistematico e della descrizione embrionale del regime giuridico degli accordi di diritto pubblico intervenuti fra amministrazioni nel contesto del diritto comunitario

Europe and the politics of capabilities

The social agenda of the European Union is shifting towards broad social initiatives that align social and economic objectives with the promotion of employment. This calls for an action framework that allows social dialogue and political deliberation to inform and complement legislative action at all ...

Europe's Area of freedom, security and justice

Exploring the main areas of legal development under the so-called "Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice" (AFSJ), this title examines the main subject matter of the new AFSJ: migration, family reunion, asylum, police co-operation, and cooperation in matters of criminal law and procedure. Table of ...

La liberalización del servicio postal en la Unión Europea

los ejemplos de España, Francia, Suecia, Italia y Alemania

La libre competencia y el mercado único son objetivos de la política europea que han provocado planteamientos nuevos respecto a los servicios públicos y que hacen resurgir voces que advierten de una nueva crisis de esta institución. La principal finalidad de esta monografía es el ...