EU Enlargement - The Constitutional Impact at EU and National Level - Hardcover

Kellermann, Alfred; Kellermann, Alfred E.; De Zwaan, Jaap W.; Czuczai, Jeno

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9067041327 ISBN 13: 9789067041324

Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2001

Synopsis

The subject of this Conference concerns the impact the enlargement of the Euro­ pean Union has on the constitutional provisions of both levels of European ad­ ministration, the national and the European level. This subject is the more attractive because the 'constitutional' impact of en­ largement is an essential element in the context of the 'rule of law' as one of the 1 general principles of the Union. Here a relationship does exist with objectives such as a good and transparent system of governance, a democratic legislative process, an independent judiciary and an adequate system of legal protection. As to the national level, the implications membership of the Union has for the constitutional texts of the (candidate) member States have a connection with the fundamental characteristics of Community law such as priority of European law (over national law), direct applicability and direct effect. These principles reflect the interest in ensuring that European law, once applied in the national context by the public authorities or the judiciary, is made fully effective, for the benefit not only of the public authorities but also of the ordinary citizen.

About this title

Book Description:

The studies, debates and suggestions collected in this volume are the result of an international conference on European Law held in September 2000, organized by the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague, in cooperation with the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute COLPI, Budapest, Hungary. The contributions are preceded by a Report on the Conference and followed by Conclusions and Summing up of the Conference. The Annexes include, a.o., documents from the European Council of Nice (December 2000) such as the 'Protocol and Declaration of Enlargement'.

About the Author:

Alfred E. Kellermann, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague

About this edition

• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9067041327
• ISBN 13: 9789067041324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 664