The European Commission is arguably the world's most powerful international administration. It plays a central role in the political system of the European Union. The Commission is a permanent presence in the life of the member states, but its inf...
Europe must change to face the critical challenges ahead. This most distinguished and experienced group of key European opinion-formers offer a sharp critique of existing institutions and a ten-point plan for a fulfilment of the pro-European visio...
'In this important study Renaud Dehousse succeeds brilliantly in making the European Court of Justice accessible to non-legal scholars, but he also does much more...No student of the European Union can afford to neglect [it].' - Professor William E. Paterson 'an informative and thought-provoking account of the Court's role in European integration.' - Jason Campbell, Journal of Common Market Studies
RENAUD DEHOUSSE is Professor of Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, and Co-Director of the Academy of European Law.
Preface.- Introduction.- The Court in the European Institutional System.- The Constitutionalization of the Community Legal Order.- The Court and the Dynamics of Integration.- The Juridification of the Policy Process.- The Paradox of Compliance.- The Structural Roots of Judicial Self-Restraint.- Conclusion.