1st Edition
Centralised Enforcement, Legitimacy and Good Governance in the EU
By Melanie Smith
Copyright 2010
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Article 226 EC is the central mechanism of enforcement in the EC Treaty, and has remained unchanged since the original Treaty of Rome. It provides the European Commission, as guardian of the Treaty, with a broad power of policing Member States’ conduct. Article 226 has been traditionally characterised as an arena of secretive negotiation focused on the sole function of effective enforcement. This... Read more
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
Biography
Melanie Smith is a Lecturer at the Law School Cardiff University, UK.
