Economic and social integration : the challenge for EU constitutional law / Dagmar Schiek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiek, Dagmar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social integration--European Union countries.

Social integration.

Constitutional law--European Union countries.

Constitutional law.

European Union countries--Economic integration.

European Union countries.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This well-researched book analyses the positioning of EU constitutional law towards economic and social integration by contrasting liberal and socially embedded constitutionalism. The book draws on a unique content and discourse analysis of all Grand Chamber decisions on substantive EU law since May 2004. It finds the EU's 'judicial constitution' to be more nuanced and more uniform than expected. While the Court of Justice enforces the constitution of integration, it favours economic freedoms under mainly liberal paradigms, but socially embeds constitutionalism in citizenship cases. The 'judic

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Introduction; 1. Economic and social integration; 2. EU constitutional law; 3. The trajectory of EU constitutional law; 4. The EU's judicial constitution after Enlargement; 5. Economic and social integration under the EU's normative constitution; Bibliography; APPENDIX: DOCUMENTATION OF CASE LAW ANALYSIS; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-52290-X

1-78100-517-6

OCLC:

794664067