The Lisbon Treaty : a legal and political analysis / Jean-Claude Piris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piris, Jean-Claude, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in European law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Treaty on European Union (1992 February 7)--Protocols, etc. 2007 December 13.

Treaty on European Union.

Treaty on European Union (1992 February 7).

Constitutional law--European Union countries.

Constitutional law.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Given the controversies and difficulties which preceded the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, it is easy to forget that the Treaty is a complex legal document in need of detailed analysis for its impact to be fully understood. Jean-Claude Piris, the Director General of the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union, provides such an analysis, looking at the historical and political contexts of the Treaty, its impact on the democratic framework of the EU and its provisions in relation to substantive law. Impartial legal analysis of the EU's functions, its powers and the treaties which govern it make this the seminal text on the most significant recent development in EU law.

Contents:

The process that led to the establishment of the European Union

The 2002-2003 European Convention and the 2004 constitutional treaty and its failed ratification

From the constitutional treaty to the Lisbon Treaty

The difficult ratification of the Lisbon Treaty

The structure of the Lisbon Treaty

Values and objectives

Delimitation and clarification of the EU competences

Basic principles

The legal personality of the EU

Variable geometry

Legislative and non-legislative procedures and acts

Procedures for the revision of the treaties

Withdrawal of a member state from the EU

The European parliament

The national parliaments

The citizens' initiative and other possibilities for the citizens to influence decisions of the EU

The judgment of 30 June 2009 of the German constitutional court and the issue of the democratic legitimacy of the EU

The origins of the EU Charter of fundamental rights

The Charter of fundamental rights as referred to in the Lisbon Treaty

The protocol on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom

The accession of the EU to the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms

A short history of justice and home affairs in the EU

The abolition of the third pillar and the other changes made by the Lisbon Treaty

Variable geometry in the area of freedom, security, and justice

The European Council

The Council

The Commission

The Court of Justice

Changes to other institutions and bodies

Relations between institutions and the interinstitutional balance

External affairs before the Lisbon Treaty

The high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy

The European external action service

The common foreign and security policy

Security and defence

Other sectors of external affairs, including trade policy

The EU budget

European monetary union and the Euro zone

The internal market and free competition

Social policy

Services of general interest

Agriculture, energy, health and other internal affairs.

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ISBN:

9780511762529

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