The assumption that member states of the European Union enjoyed exclusive competence over social provision has been shaken by the realization that they are now -semi-sovereign welfare states- whose policy choices are subject to increasing scrutiny under Community law. This book seeks to take stock of how Community membership is reshaping the legal environment of welfare provision across Europe. Topics covered include: the evolving economic and governance debates about Community intervention in social rights; the relationship between public services and Community competition and state aids...
The assumption that member states of the European Union enjoyed exclusive competence over social provision has been shaken by the realization that the...
Drawing extensively on the entire body of applicable case law, this in-depth study analyses what the free movement of persons provisions of the EC Treaty have come to mean in todayand#8217;s Europe. The author posits the emergence of a new constitutional dimension whereby the Member States bear considerable duties towards Union citizens qua citizens rather than just qua economic actorsand#8213;a duty not to interfere with individual rights, a duty to respect individual rights, and a duty to protect individual rightsand#8212;duties to be understood in the context of Union...
Drawing extensively on the entire body of applicable case law, this in-depth study analyses what the free movement of persons provisions of ...
