Economic and social integration : the challenge for EU constitutional law / Dagmar Schiek.
2012
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Economic and social integration : the challenge for EU constitutional law / Dagmar Schiek.
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Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Description
1 online resource (xxix, 308 pages)
Series
Elgaronline.
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1. Economic and social integration
2. EU constitutional law
3. The trajectory of EU constitutional law
4. The EU's judicial constitution after enlargement
5. Economic and social integration under the EU's normative constitution.
2. EU constitutional law
3. The trajectory of EU constitutional law
4. The EU's judicial constitution after enlargement
5. Economic and social integration under the EU's normative constitution.
Summary
The book draws on a unique content and discourse analysis of all Grand Chamber decisions on substantive EU law since May 2004. It finds the EU's 'judicial constitution' to be more nuanced and more uniform than expected. While the Court of Justice enforces the constitution of integration, it favours economic freedoms under mainly liberal paradigms, but socially embeds constitutionalism in citizenship cases. The 'judicial constitution' contrasts with EU Treaties after the Treaty of Lisbon in that their new value base enhances European social integration. However, the Treaties too seem contradictory in that they do not expand the EU's competence regime accordingly. In the light of these contradictions, Dagmar Schiek proposes a 'constitution of social governance': the Court and EU institutions should encourage steps towards social integration at EU level to be taken by transnational societal actors, rather than condemn their relevant activity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
ISBN
9781781005170 e-book
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