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Menéndez, Agustín José - RECON - 2007

In this paper, I explore in a systematic manner the different components of the democratic legitimacy of the Union from the standpoint of deliberative democratic theory. Contrary to standard accounts, I claim that the question must be disaggregated, given that the Union has not only several...

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The European Court of Justice and the Stability and Growth Pact - Just the Beginning?

Dutzler, Barbara; Hable, Angelika - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 9 (2005) 03

.The procedures launched against Germany and France due to their excessive deficits, again brought the attention of the media and broader public to the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The point of culmination was reached when the European Commission filed a claim against the Council (C-27/04)...

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The Amsterdam Process: A Structurationist Perspective on EU Treaty Reform

Christiansen, Thomas; Jorgensen, Knud Erik - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 3 (1999) 01

constitutionalisation of the EU order. This severely limits the ability of national governments to negotiate on the basis of 'national …

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Soft Law and the Rule of Law in the European Union: Revision or Redundancy?

Dawson, Mark - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2009

The increasing use in the EU of soft law norms has created an extensive debate over the centrality of law as the … another, the complex nature of the EU polity - and the functional tasks it must carry-out - places an impossibly high burden … on any attempt by the EU to model its conception of legality this way. While this seemingly leaves the EU with a stark …

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A Critical Analysis of the new Typology of Acts in the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe

Hofmann, Herwig C. H. - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 7 (2003) 09

constitution for Europe and its implications for the EU legal system. It comments on the categories of act on the three levels of … of the proposed system of legal acts to the special nature of the EU. …

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The Final Clauses of the Charter of Fundamental Rights Stumbling Blocks for the First and Second Convention

Vranes, Erich - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 7 (2003) 06

Particular problems in EU human rights protection stem from the final clauses of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights … to be bound by EU fundamental rights when they derogate from Community law, or "Union law" in future. The same is true …

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Behind the Copenhagen façade. The meaning and structure of the Copenhagen political criterion of democracy and the rule of law

Kochenov, Dimitry - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 8 (2004) 07

The paper makes an attempt to map the Copenhagen criterion of democracy and the rule of law, one of the main instruments governing the biggest enlargement in the Union history. The meaning of it, however, is still as vague today as it was more than ten years ago, at the time of introduction of...

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The Europeanization of Public Policies Understanding Idiosyncratic Mechanisms and Contingent Results

Töller, Annette Elisabeth - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 8 (2004) 07

The debate on the Europeanization of public policies is a specific branch of the new field of research on Europeanization. It aims at understanding how national policies are shaped and changed due to European integration. This research is, however, still in its "infancy". The aim of this paper...

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Extension of the preliminary rulings procedure outside the scope of Community law: The Dzodzi line of cases

Kaleda, Saulius Lukas - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 4 (2000) 09

The Dzodzi line of cases evidence that the functioning of the preliminary rulings procedure under Article 234 EC is not restricted to the scope of Community law, but extends also to the cases governed by national law referring to certain Community provision or concept. Most controversially in...

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OLAF or the Question of Applicability of Secondary Community Law to the ECB

Dutzler, Barbara - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 5 (2001) 03

On January 14 2000, the Commission sued the ECB on grounds of infringement of a regulation which concerns the investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office. This, for the time being, is the culminating point in the controversy between the Commission and the ECB, which reflects the...

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