1st Edition
The European Constitution, Welfare States and Democracy The Four Freedoms vs National Administrative Discretion
By Christoffer C. Eriksen
Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores how the right to the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in the European Union legal order affects welfare states. These "four freedoms", as they are known, are vital instruments for the protection of a European market unencumbered by internal frontiers. The European Constitution, Welfare States and Democracy explore the relationships and conflicts that have... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Democracy, National Administration and the European Constitution 3. Administrative Discretion - A Restriction to Free Movement 4. The European Constitution, Democracy and Administrative Discretion 5. Administrative Discretion and Democracy - A Nordic Perspective 6. Balancing Rule of Law and National Administrative Discretion - A Dilema for a European Democracy 7. The European Constitution, Welfare States and Democracy
Biography
Christoffer C. Eriksen is a research fellow in the Law Faculty at the University of Oslo. He has previously worked as a senior lawyer in the international law firm Wikborg, Rein & Co.
