Series: Modern Studies in European Law

This book explores the role of cities in the EU in facilitating civic participation through the commons (CPC), through the prism of constitutional principles. EU Cities Facilitating the Commons fills a gap by providing a much-needed theoretical framework for commons-oriented initiatives. It focuses on democracy, participation, local governments and cities, by looking at the two legal orders of the European...

This innovative book identifies and explains the concepts that determine when the EU may act. EU Competence and Power explores that 'Competence' is about more than competence alone: there is also power. Competence is the field in which the EU may act; power is the EU institutions’ actual authorisation to act in a field of EU competence. Through a rigorous...

The rekindling of the European Union enlargement talks and Brexit require a reappraisal of the law of the EU's proximity policies. In that light, this book turns Wider Europe into an analytical concept to capture the legal and political facets of the extension of the EU’s legal space in the Union’s neighbourhood. The book follows three lines of inquiry. Firstly,...

Separation of powers is the time-tested touchstone of the legitimate exercise of power in modern democracies. This collection examines decision-making in the EU’s multilayered and polycentric constitutional structure through this lens. The focus on separation of powers reveals how strong executive powers collaborate in the EU as a single source of public power, which is not sufficiently counterbalanced by parliaments...

In this book, a team of expert contributors address challenging issues concerning the relationship between private law, the rule of law, and human rights, with a specific focus on case studies from South-Eastern Europe. The book examines the broadening application of human rights to the private law fields and the resulting effects. Contributors offer a truly interdisciplinary perspective drawn from...