The ethos of Europe : values, law and justice in the EU / Andrew Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Andrew, 1961- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in European law and policy.

Cambridge studies in European law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--European Union countries.

Law.

Law and ethics.

Peace.

Constitutional law--Moral and ethical aspects--European Union countries.

Constitutional law.

Justice, Administration of--European Union countries.

Justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 358 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can the EU become a 'just' institution? Andrew Williams considers this highly charged political and moral question by examining the role of five salient values said to be influential in the governance and law of the Union: peace, the rule of law, respect for human rights, democracy, and liberty. He assesses each of these as elements of an apparent 'institutional ethos' and philosophy of EU law and finds that justice as a governing ideal has failed to be taken seriously in the EU. To remedy this condition, he proposes a new set of principles upon which justice might be brought more to the fore in the Union's governance. By focusing on the realisation of human rights as a core institutional value, Williams argues that the EU can better define its moral limits so as to evolve as a more just project.

Contents:

The ethos of Europe

Peace

The rule of law

Human rights

Democracy

Liberty

The institutional ethos of the EU

Towards the EU as a just institution

Concluding proposals.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20336-8

0-511-84715-7

1-282-63152-7

9786612631528

0-511-75033-1

0-511-74883-3

0-511-74303-3

0-511-74958-9

0-511-74196-0

0-511-74411-0

OCLC:

638859759