European (EC) Law

This book aims to improve the understanding of the set of mechanisms through which democratic control is exerted over EU external action and analyses the role of the Court of Justice in the democratisation of international relations through EU law...

The Treaty of Lisbon introduced several innovations to the European Union’s institutional architecture. One of the most prominent of them was the inclusion of a so-called Early Warning System (EWS) for the principle of subsidiarity. Under this system national parliaments of the EU Member States are ..

The Treaty of Lisbon introduced several innovations to the European Union’s institutional architecture. One of the most prominent of them was the inclusion of a so-called Early Warning System (EWS) for the principle of subsidiarity. Under this system national parliaments of the EU Member States are ..

This book addresses the viability of the EU economic and social model within and after the global economic crisis. It identifies four key issues which warrant further discussion: the asymmetry of the legal and policy framework of the euro and potential recalibration; substantive tensions between the..

This book addresses the viability of the EU economic and social model within and after the global economic crisis. It identifies four key issues which warrant further discussion: the asymmetry of the legal and policy framework of the euro and potential recalibration; substantive tensions between the..

In 2000, the EU adopted a Directive against discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, this book provides an in-depth evaluation of the Race Directive. The book charts the historical development of the Directive, looks at models of equality, and questions how successful the Race Direc..

Investigating the extent to which the European Union can be defined as a "highly competitive social market economy", this edited collection illustrates and tests the constitutional reverberations of Art. 3(3) of the Treaty on the European Union, and discusses its actual and potential transformative ..

This book explores how the right to free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in the European Union legal order affects the nation-states and the peoples of Europe. The four freedoms, as they are known, are vital for the construction and protection of the European market without internal..

This book explores how the right to free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in the European Union legal order affects the nation-states and the peoples of Europe. The four freedoms, as they are known, are vital for the construction and protection of the European market without internal..

In order to establish an area of prosperity, stability and security in the neighbourhood, the EU promotes its values to encourage outside countries to adopt its economic and political model. This book carries out a legal analysis of the values and principles underpinning the European Neighbourhood P..

In order to establish an area of prosperity, stability and security in the neighbourhood, the EU promotes its values to encourage outside countries to adopt its economic and political model. This book carries out a legal analysis of the values and principles underpinning the European Neighbourhood P..

Within the European Union, direct taxation is an area which often provokes controversy due to tensions between the tax sovereignty of the individual Member States and the desire for an integrated internal market. This book offers a critical review of the legislative and case-law developments in this..