Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union (Oxford Studies in European Law) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199257108 ISBN 13: 9780199257102

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The contributors to this interdisciplinary collection of essays consider various aspects of accountability and legitimacy in the European Union. How open should the Union's decision-making be? What is the right balance between accountability and efficiency? Does the Union now need a formal constitution? How can respect for democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law in the Union best be ensured? These are just some of the questions explored in this book. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the future of Europe, from students and academics to policy-makers, and journalists.

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About the Author

ANTHONY ARNULL graduated from the University of Sussex in 1980 and qualified as a solicitor in 1983. From 1983-1989, he was a lecturer in law at the University of Leicester, where he was awarded his PhD in 1988. He was a Legal Secretary at the Court of Justice of the European Communities in the Chambers of Advocate General FG Jacobs from 1989 to 1992, when he took up the Chair of European Law at the University of Birmingham. In 1994, he was awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission. In 1998, he acted as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities. Professor Arnull is co-editor of the European Law Review. He is a member of the following: the JUSTICE Expert Panel on the European Union; the Advisory Board of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and that Board's Community Law Section; and the editorial board of the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies DANIEL WINCOTT has undergraduate and Masters degrees from the University of Manchester and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has worked at the Universities of Leicester and Warwick (where he held a Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Politics) before moving to the University of Birmingham in 1995. In 2001 he was a special advisor on European Governance to Neil Kinnock, Vice President of the European Commission. He is an editor of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations. His main research interests concern the European Union (especially the politics of European law) and comparative public policy, and he has published papers in leading journals including The European Law Journal, Government and Opposition, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Political Studies and Public Administration.

Review

"a solid work in the genre and should be available to any researcher in EU legal and political affairs ... rich in references to cases and to secondary material ... demonstrates an intimate knowledge of the texts and contexts of the work of the Court"-- J.H. Eastby, CHOICE Dec. 2000, Vol.38, No.4.

"Arnull's work provides a comprehensive, critical, and scholarly analysis of one of the most powerful judicial institutions of our time."--European Law Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0199257108
• ISBN 13: 9780199257102
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 558
• Editor: Arnull Anthony, Wincott Daniel