Using numerous practical examples, this book examines the evolution of EC telecommunications law following the achievement of liberalization, the main policy goal of the 1990's. After reviewing the development of regulation in the run-up to liberalization, the author identifies the methods used to direct the liberalization process and tests their validity in the post-liberalization context. A critical analysis is made of the claim that competition law will offer sufficient means to regulate the sector in the future. Particular emphasis is given to the way in which EC Competition Law changed...

The EU's recently enacted Treaty on the Stability, Coordination, and Governance of the Economic and Monetary Union (generally referred to as the Fiscal Compact) has introduced a -golden rule,- which is a detailed obligation that government budgets be balanced. Moreover, it requires the 25 Members of the EU, which signed the Treaty in March 2012, to incorporate this -golden rule- within their national constitutions. This requirement represents a major and unprecedented development, raising formidable challenges to the nature and legitimacy of national constitutions, as well as to the future of...

The recently enacted Treaty on the Stability, Coordination and Governance of the Economic and Monetary Union (generally referred to as the Fiscal Compact) has introduced a 'golden rule', which is a detailed obligation that government budgets be balanced. Moreover, it required the 25 members of the EU which signed the Treaty in March 2012, to incorporate this 'golden rule' within their national Constitutions. This requirement represents a major and unprecedented development, raising formidable challenges to the nature and legitimacy of national Constitutions as well as to the future of the...