Balancing Unity and Diversity in EU Legislation
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Edited by Ton van den Brink, Professor and Jean Monnet chair of EU Legislative Studies, Utrecht Centre for Shared Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE), Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands and Virginia Passalacqua, Assistant Professor of EU Law, Department of Law, University of Turin, Italy<i>‘In this remarkable book, a new generation of EU law scholars revisits what is, and remains, the central legal tool of European integration, namely the adoption and implementation of EU legislation, by paying special attention to the way unity and diversity are balanced in the content of those legislative instruments.’</i>
- Bruno de Witte, Maastricht University, the Netherlands,
<i>‘This rich collection of essays significantly redresses the relative lack of attention given to EU legislation as a field of study. The contributors also take us closer to overcoming many of the complex challenges posed by accommodating the ideals of both unity and diversity in procedural and substantive EU law.’</i>
- Niamh Nic Shuibhne, University of Edinburgh, UK,
Featuring sectoral and cross-sectoral contributions from a diverse array of distinguished academics, the book examines how the tension between EU unity and national autonomy has evolved over time. In particular it considers the response to significant new developments in the EU constitutional and law-making framework. The chapters explore the legislative strategies that have been adopted across various fields of EU law and policy to shape unity and diversity, and the practical, conceptual, and constitutional issues that these engender. Case studies from different EU fields and member states are critically analysed alongside key concepts including harmonization, derogations, proportionality, and effectiveness.
Both incisive and authoritative, this book will prove indispensable to academics, researchers and students with an interest in constitutional and administrative law, law and politics, and European law, politics and policy. Legal practitioners and policymakers wanting a better understanding of EU legislation and its impact on national legal orders will similarly benefit from the analysis and recommendations this important book makes.