Centralised Enforcement, Legitimacy and Good Governance in the Eu

ISBN-13: 9780415631372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str.

Melanie Smith

Opis

This book is interdisciplinary in nature, examining law in its political context. It focuses on how the institutions interact and react to competing policy pressures, and explores the tensions that lie at the heart of legitimacy in the actions of public actors by engaging with concepts such as democracy and legitimacy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Mind the Accountability Gap – Administrative Law and Legitimate Governance  3. Conceptualising Democracy, Legitimacy and the Development of Good Governance in the EU  4. The Management Game – Political Enforcement, Neutral Guardianship and Legal Uniformity  5. The Policy on Enforcement in an Era of Good Governance  6. The Impact of the European Ombudsman: Breaking down Barriers to Procedural Legitimacy  7. Conclusions

O autorze

Melanie Smith is a Lecturer at the Law School Cardiff University, UK.