Reflections on European Integration

Reflections on European Integration
Author: D. Phinnemore
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2009-01-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230232833

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Exploring the development of the European Union, this book examines the ways in which it has been studied over fifty years from the vantage point of four disciplines, each side of the Atlantic, and both academic and practitioner perspectives. Drawing on contributions by some of the world's leading scholars in the field, it maps the past and present of both the EU and EU studies before setting out a provocative agenda for future work in the area.

50 Years of the European Treaties

50 Years of the European Treaties
Author: Michael Dougan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2009-02-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847314910

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The essays which appear in this work are based on the papers presented at a two-day conference held in Liverpool in July 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome establishing the EEC. The collection reflects critically upon some of the EU's historic characteristics and speculates imaginatively on some of the diverse challenges facing the Union in the future. Contributions from both established and emerging scholars of EU law and policy are united by two main themes: the paradox of the resilient yet unstable basis of the Union's constitutional fundamentals, and the ever-contested balance between the EU's core economic mission and its broader social values and aspirations. For any student, scholar or practitioner interested in the dynamic nature of the constitutional relationship between the Union and its Member States, and in the complex tensions underpinning the EU's substantive policies, these essays will be essential reading.

The Past and Future of EU Law

The Past and Future of EU Law
Author: Luis Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2010-02-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847315631

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This book revisits, in a new light, some of the classic cases which constitute the foundations of the EU legal order and is timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty establishing a European Economic Community. Its broader purpose, however, is to discuss the future of the EU legal order by examining, from a variety of different perspectives, the most important judgments of the ECJ which established the foundations of the EU legal order. The tone is neither necessarily celebratory nor critical, but relies on the viewpoint of the distinguished line-up of contributors - drawn from among former and current members of the Court (the view from within), scholars from other disciplines or lawyers from other legal orders (the view from outside), and two different generations of EU legal scholars (the classics revisit the classics and a view from the future). Each of these groups will provide a different perspective on the same set of selected judgments. In each short essay, questions such as 'what would have EU law been without this judgment of the Court? what factors might have influenced it?; did the judgment create expectations which were not fully fulfilled?' and so on, are posed and answered. The result is a profound, wide-ranging and fresh examination of the 'founding cases' of EU law.

Statistical Portrait of the European Union 2007

Statistical Portrait of the European Union 2007
Author: European Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2006
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

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Recoge: Introduction - Chapter 1:"..to lay the foundations of an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe"--Chapter 2:"..to ensure the economic and social progress of their countries by commonaction to eliminate the barriers which divide Europe" - Chapter 3: " ... to improve the living and working conditions of their peoples" - Chapter 4:" ... to remove existing obstacles calls for concerted action in order to guarantee steady expansion, balanced trade and fair competition" - Chapter 5:" ... to strengthen the unity of their economies and to ensure their harmonious development by reducing the differences existing between the various regions and the backwardness of the less favoured regions" - Chapter 6:" ... to contribute, by means of a common commercial policy, to the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade" - Chapter 7:" ... to confirm the solidarity which binds Europe and the overseas countries and desire to ensure the development of their prosperity" - Chapter 8:" ... to preserve and strengthen peace and liberty" - Chapter 9:" ... to contribute, through the common market for coal and steel, the economic expansion, growth of employment and rising standard of living " - Chapter 10:" ... resolved to create the conditions necessary for the developement of powerful nuclear industry which will provide extensive energy resources " - Chapter 11:"The Community shall implement a vocational training policy ..." - The future?