Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Somerville College. Ulf Bernitz is Professor of European Law at the University of Stockholm.

The case studies in themselves are well written and display a real depth of scholarship and insight. Noreen Burrows European Law Review April 2007 ...fine collection of essays...focused on the involvement of sub-national governmental and regional authorities in the European integration process. Agence Europe European Library October 2005

• 1. The Challenge of the Regional Dimension in the European UnionStephen Weatherill2. Regions and the European Union: Letting them In, and Leaving them AloneCharlie Jeffery3. The Participation of Infra-State Entities in European Union Affairs in Spain: the Basque CaseJoxerramon Bengoetxea 4. The Scottish Parliament and the European Union: Analysing Regional Parliamentary EngagementCaitríona Carter and Aileen McLeod5. The Case of the Åland Islands—Regional Autonomy versus the European Union of StatesNiilo Jääskinen6. The German Länder: Involvement in EC/EU Law and Policy MakingPeter-Christian Müller-Graff7. The Committee of the Regions Today and in the Future—A Critical OverviewJoakim Nergelius8. Finding a Role for the Regions in Checking the EU’s CompetenceStephen Weatherill 9. The Regional Question, Subsidiarity and the Future of EuropeJohn Loughlin

Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Somerville College. Ulf Bernitz is Professor of European Law at the University of Stockholm.

The case studies in themselves are well written and display a real depth of scholarship and insight. Noreen Burrows European Law Review April 2007 ...fine collection of essays...focused on the involvement of sub-national governmental and regional authorities in the European integration process. Agence Europe European Library October 2005

• 1. The Challenge of the Regional Dimension in the European UnionStephen Weatherill2. Regions and the European Union: Letting them In, and Leaving them AloneCharlie Jeffery3. The Participation of Infra-State Entities in European Union Affairs in Spain: the Basque CaseJoxerramon Bengoetxea 4. The Scottish Parliament and the European Union: Analysing Regional Parliamentary EngagementCaitríona Carter and Aileen McLeod5. The Case of the Åland Islands—Regional Autonomy versus the European Union of StatesNiilo Jääskinen6. The German Länder: Involvement in EC/EU Law and Policy MakingPeter-Christian Müller-Graff7. The Committee of the Regions Today and in the Future—A Critical OverviewJoakim Nergelius8. Finding a Role for the Regions in Checking the EU’s CompetenceStephen Weatherill 9. The Regional Question, Subsidiarity and the Future of EuropeJohn Loughlin

Stephen Weatherill is Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at Oxford University and a Fellow of Somerville College. Ulf Bernitz is Professor of European Law at the University of Stockholm.

The case studies in themselves are well written and display a real depth of scholarship and insight. Noreen Burrows European Law Review April 2007 ...fine collection of essays...focused on the involvement of sub-national governmental and regional authorities in the European integration process. Agence Europe European Library October 2005

• 1. The Challenge of the Regional Dimension in the European UnionStephen Weatherill2. Regions and the European Union: Letting them In, and Leaving them AloneCharlie Jeffery3. The Participation of Infra-State Entities in European Union Affairs in Spain: the Basque CaseJoxerramon Bengoetxea 4. The Scottish Parliament and the European Union: Analysing Regional Parliamentary EngagementCaitríona Carter and Aileen McLeod5. The Case of the Åland Islands—Regional Autonomy versus the European Union of StatesNiilo Jääskinen6. The German Länder: Involvement in EC/EU Law and Policy MakingPeter-Christian Müller-Graff7. The Committee of the Regions Today and in the Future—A Critical OverviewJoakim Nergelius8. Finding a Role for the Regions in Checking the EU’s CompetenceStephen Weatherill 9. The Regional Question, Subsidiarity and the Future of EuropeJohn Loughlin