The Precautionary Principle
in EU Administrative Law
September 2006; p ublished online March 2012 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 14471 words.
This chapter focuses on the precautionary principle. It begins by examining the development of the precautionary principle and its ...
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Financial Supervision and Agency Power: Reflections on ESMA
in From Single Market to Economic Union
June 2012; p ublished online September 2012 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 14816 words.
This chapter looks at the powers and workings of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA). It discusses the tensions surrounding the establishment of agencies at the EU level and...
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EU Acts and Member State Acts in the Negotiation, Conclusion, and Implementation of International Agreements
in EU Legal Acts
February 2018; p ublished online March 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 33137 words.
The new institutional balance resulting from the Treaty of Lisbon is being tested nowhere as sharply as in the field of the exercise of the EU’s powers of external action. There is a wealth...
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Participation Rights in EU Food Law
in Participation in EU Rule-Making
March 2011; p ublished online September 2011 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 28096 words.
Chapter 7 analyses participation in selected legal regimes in the sector of food law: food additives; novel foods; genetically modified foods. These frame the adoption of decisions that...
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EU Equality Law at a Constitutional Crossroads
in EU Equality Law
November 2018; p ublished online December 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 28171 words.
Each prong of EU equality law identifies specific grounds for differential treatment as well as specific fields in which differences of treatment are suspect. The precise applicable legal...
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Law, Democracy, and Citizenship in the European Union
in Europe's Functional Constitution
April 2016; p ublished online August 2016 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 13372 words.
This chapter assesses the extent to which the EU relies on democratic self-rule as a legitimating principle, and considers whether its democratic mechanisms are commensurate with its vast...
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Conclusion
in National Identity in EU Law
February 2015; p ublished online March 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 2615 words.
The final chapter summarizes the main findings of the book and presents some recommendations for national identity adjudication in the EU. In particular, it is emphasized that a number of...
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Democracy and the Rule of Law in EU Foreign Policy
in Constitutional Principles of EU External Relations
September 2008; p ublished online January 2009 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 24145 words.
This chapter analyses the role of democratic accountability in the Union's foreign policy, focusing on democratic accountability within the CFSP. It should, however, be pointed out that the...
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The Changing Role of the Advocate General
in Continuity and Change in EU Law
March 2008; p ublished online January 2009 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 7731 words.
This chapter discusses the changing role of the Advocate General. Essentially, the Advocates' General contribution is, and remains, quasi-judicial. The Court does not deal with EU law in...
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Equal Before the Law? Not if You Want to Register a Trade Mark
in Continuity and Change in EU Law
March 2008; p ublished online January 2009 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 7411 words.
This chapter examines the principle of equal treatment as it applies to trade mark. It argues that trade mark registration is in danger of becoming a lottery; the danger can only be averted...
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Review of Legality:
in EU Law
July 2015; p ublished online September 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 23867 words.
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing able students with a stand-alone resource. This...
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EU external action
in European Union Law
May 2014; p ublished online September 2014 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 27200 words.
This chapter examines the EU law on external relations. It explores the complex division of competences between the Member States and the Union, and between the different institutions of...
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EU external action
in European Union Law
July 2017; p ublished online September 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 31363 words.
This chapter examines the EU law on external relations. It explores the complex division of competences between the Member States and the Union, and between the different institutions of...
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Union liability in tort: action for damages
in Steiner & Woods EU Law
July 2017; p ublished online September 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 9934 words.
This chapter examines the action for damages related to European Union liability in tort. It discusses the scope of non-contractual liability and liability for wrongful acts or omissions...
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Legal Acts and the Challenges of Democratic Accountability
in EU Legal Acts
February 2018; p ublished online March 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 11348 words.
Increasing the role of the European Parliament in legislative and executive rule-making was a key objective of the Lisbon Treaty reformers in their endeavours to enhance the democratic...
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Environmental Protection
February 2009; p ublished online May 2009 .
Book. Subjects: EU Law. 256 pages.
The EU has emerged as a major source of innovation in environmental governance. This is manifested through the frameworks it is putting in place for environmental governance, and through...
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EU Legal Acts
February 2018; p ublished online March 2018 .
Book. Subjects: EU Law. 288 pages.
In this collection of essays, which were first presented at the Academy of European Law in Florence, we bring together a series of contributions which explore the changing landscape of the...
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Preliminary references
in Complete EU Law
May 2015; p ublished online September 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 31964 words.
Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter...
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Preliminary references
in Complete EU Law
June 2017; p ublished online September 2017 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 35244 words.
Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter...
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The Evolution of EU Environmental Governance
in Environmental Protection
February 2009; p ublished online May 2009 .
Chapter. Subjects: EU Law. 11355 words.
This chapter argues that EU environmental governance today can be analysed as an amalgam of four to five environmental governance regimes which have successively been layered on top of each...
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