International institutions Books
Oxford University Press Germany Europe and the Politics of Constraint
Book SynopsisThe process of European integration is marked both by continued deepening and widening, and by growing evidence of domestic disquiet and dissent. Against this background, this volume examines three key themes: the challenge to the power of member states - as subjects of European integration - to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies; the increasing constraints in the domestic political arena experienced by member states as objects of European integration; and the contestation over both the ''constitutive politics of the EU'' and specific policy choices. These three themes - power, constraint and contestation - and their interdependence are explored with specific reference to contemporary Germany.The main findings call for a revision of the ''conventional wisdom'' about Germany''s Europeanization experience. First, while Germany continues to engage intensively in all aspects of the integration process, its power to ''upload'' - ''hard''Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the updating and re-evaluation of literature on the EU and the German political system. * Perspectives on Political Science *Table of ContentsLiving with Europe: Power, Constraint, and Contestation ; Europeanization in Context; Concept and Theory ; The Federal Executive: Bureaucratic Fusion versus Governmental Bifurcation ; The Bundestag: Institutional Incrementalism Behavioural Reticence ; ; The German Lander: From Milieu-Shaping to Territorial Politics ; Public Law: Towards a Post-National Model ; The Party System: Structure, Policy and Europeanization ; Interest Groups: Opportunity Structures and Organizational Capacity ; The Media Agenda: The Marginalization and Domestication of Europe ; Economic Policies: From Pace-Setter to Beleaguered Player ; ; Competition Policy: From Centrality to Muddling Through? ; Electricity and Telecommunications: Fit for the European Union? ; Social Policy: Transforming Pensions, Challenging Health Care? ; Environmental Policy: A Leader State under Pressure? ; Justice and Home Affairs: Europeanization as a Government-Controlled Process ; Foreign and Security Policy: On the Cusp Between Transformation and Accomodation ; Europeanization Compared: The Shrinking Core and the Decline of 'Soft' Power
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Oxford University Press Inc Conservative PartyBuilding in Latin America
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe author provides four painstakingly researched chapters offering historically rich narratives on the successes of the ARENA and UDI parties and the struggles of their Argentine and Guatemalan counterparts. This is comparative political science at its best. * Russell Crandall & Britta Crandall, Survival *This is comparative political science at its best. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *Democracies need strong conservative parties. But in the modern era, strong conservative parties are hard to build. Loxton's book uncovers a surprising but important path to party-building. This is simply the best book on the Latin American Right that I have read. It makes a major contribution to our understanding of party-building, not only in Latin America but worldwide. Anyone interested in political parties should read it. * Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, Harvard University *Loxton patiently unveils the mechanisms of continuity in a subset of conservative parties that prospered paradoxically in democratic politics as unapologetic heirs of authoritarianism. His book is a counter-intuitive, masterfully-crafted, and field-defining study of conservative party development and Latin American politics. * Edward L. Gibson, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, and author of Class and Conservative Parties *In this extraordinarily bold, original, and persuasive study, Loxton reckons with the uncomfortable conclusion that the most successful parties of the political right in contemporary Latin America grew out of the dictatorial past. Conservative Party-Building in Latin America sheds light not only on the Latin American right but also on the dynamics of party building more broadly. It is a study holding lessons that promise to withstand the test of time. * Wendy Hunter, Professor of Government, University of Texas, Austin *This is an excellent book with a clear argument about how seemingly-defeated authoritarian political forces manage to survive and stay relevant after transitions to democracy. The book comes with a transparent, well-justified case selection. Loxton presents a wealth of historical data on parties that are understudied—this alone will provide readers with hard-to-find information on an important part of Latin America's party history. * Javier Corrales, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Amherst College and author of Fixing Democracy *This book is a landmark not only in the study of party-building, but also in the study of authoritarianism's enduring legacies for democratic rule. Loxton provides an original and compelling explanation of variation in conservative party-building in Latin America, examining both successful and unsuccessful cases in Chile, El Salvador, Argentina, and Guatemala. His comparative insights demonstrate why conservative parties born under authoritarian regimes and forged in counterrevolutionary struggles inherit built-in organizational advantages that allow them to compete—and even return to power—in democratic settings. * Kenneth Roberts, Professor of Government, Cornell University *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Authoritarian Origins and Democratic Success 2. A Theory of Conservative Party-Building 3. UDI: From Military Dictatorship to Party-Building in Chile 4. UCEDE: Argentina's Long-Sought Mass Conservative Party? 5. ARENA: Death Squads and Democratic Success in El Salvador 6. PAN: Making Sense of a Political Suicide in Guatemala 7. Other Attempts at Conservative Party-Building in Latin America 8. Conclusion: Party-Building, Authoritarian Successor Parties, and Democracy
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Oxford University Press Inc The Politics of Extraction Territorial Rights
Book SynopsisMining and hydrocarbon production in Latin America is high-stakes for extractive firms, communities in resource-rich zones, and states. Amid global commodity price increases and liberal economic policies, the sectors have expanded dramatically in recent decades. This surge has made private investors and governments in the region ever more committed to extraction. It also has increased alarm within local communities, which have organized around the environmental, cultural, and social impacts of mining and hydrocarbons. Moreover, activists have mobilized to demand material benefits, in the forms of royalty distributions and direct company investment in local services and infrastructure. These conflicts take the form of legal battles, large-scale protests, and standoffs that pit communities against companies and the state, and consequently have suspended production, destabilized politics, and expended state security resources. In The Politics of Extraction, Maiah Jaskoski looks at how mobilized communities in Latin America''s hydrocarbon and mining regions use participatory institutions to challenge extraction. In some cases, communities act within formal participatory spaces, while in others, they organize around or in reaction to these institutions, using participatory procedures as focal points in the escalation of conflict. Based on analysis of thirty major extractive conflicts in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru in the 2000s and 2010s, Jaskoski examines community uses of public hearings built into environmental licensing, state-led prior consultation with native communities affected by large-scale development, and local popular consultations or referenda. She finds that communities select their strategies in response to the specific participatory challenges they confront: the trials of initiating participatory processes, gaining inclusion in participatory events, and, for communities with such access, expressing views about extraction at the participatory stage. Surprisingly, the communities least likely to channel their concerns through state institutions are the most unified and have the strongest guarantee of participation. Including a wealth of data and complex stories, Jaskoski provides the first systematic study of how participatory institutions either channel or exacerbate conflict over extraction.Trade ReviewThis book is an outstanding analysis of one of the most urgent issues in Latin American politics: the impact of new participatory institutions on the conflict between extractive companies and nearby communities...This book is an outstanding analysis of one of the most urgent issues in Latin American politics: the impact of new participatory institutions on the conflict between extractive companies and nearby communities. * Choice *Can participatory institutions coexist with extractive development? What is the role of participatory institutions such as consulta previa, consulta popular, and environmental impact assessments when extractive conflicts arise between local communities and companies? In a comparative study of thirty major conflicts over oil and mining extraction in Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia, Jaskoski masterfully dissects the way participatory institutions work (or not) in different societal and state contexts. This book is a major contribution to the literatures on participatory institutions and extractivism. * Tulia G. Falleti, Class of 1965 Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies, University of Pennsylvania *Jaskoski pulls off two difficult tasks simultaneously: she offers a remarkable array of 30 detailed case studies of community responses to extractive projects and an innovative framework that makes sense of their diversity. This is an unmissable tour de force that illuminates both the civil society movements and the institutions they work through and around, important for scholars of Latin America and beyond. * Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor of International Development, LSE *At last, a book that brings into sharp focus the full range of difficult issues that afflict participatory institutions ostensibly designed to bring justice to communities in conflict over large-scale extractive development projects. The precision, clarity, and richness of the analysis, combined with the comprehensive nature of the work, make it a 'one-stop shop' for understanding the promise, perils, and disappointments of these innovative institutions for communities. * Eduardo Silva, Friezo Foundation Chair in Political Science, Tulane University *For well over a decade, Maiah Jaskoski has been a keen observer of conflicts surrounding extractive industries in the Andean countries. This book combines her sharp eye for detail with a comparative analysis of thirty of the region's most iconic conflicts over resource extraction. She uses this empirical depth to engage with scholarship on participatory institutions and conflict dynamics and delivers novel and important insights for literatures on institutional change, contentious politics, and extractive industry governance. A substantial contribution. * Anthony Bebbington, International Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Ford Foundation *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Part I. Introduction 1. PARTICIPATORY INSTITUTIONS AND EXTRACTIVE CONFLICT Part II. National Political Dynamics 2. EXTRACTION AND CONFLICT IN BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, AND PERU 3. PARTICIPATORY INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR UNDERLYING BOUNDARIES Part III. The Conflicts 4. THE EVENT INITIATION CHALLENGE AND CONTESTED POLICY JURISDICTIONS 5. THE INCLUSION CHALLENGE AND CONTESTED GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES 6. THE ARTICULATION CHALLENGE AND CONTESTED COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION Part IV. Conclusions 7. BOUNDARY STRUGGLES IN LATIN AMERICA'S EXTRACTIVE ZONES Appendix A. Omission of the Tintaya/Antapaccay Conflict Appendix B. Study Participants References
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Oxford University Press Inc Digital Empires
Book SynopsisFinancial Times Best Books of 2023 in EconomicsThe global battle among the three dominant digital powersthe United States, China, and the European Unionis intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires, her provocative follow-up to The Brussels Effect, Anu Bradford explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come.Across the globe, people dependent on digital technologies have become increasingly alarmed that their rapid adoption and transformation have ushered in an exceedingly concentrated economy where a few powerful companies control vast economic wealth and political power, undermine data privacy, and widen the gap between economic winners and losers. In response, world leaders are variously embracing the idea of reining in the most dominant tech companies. Bradford examines three competTrade ReviewAnu Bradford provides a holistic and balanced view of the three competing regulatory systems at the intersection of technology and society. Digital Empires is a must read for anyone seeking to understand what's at stake in developing a practical regulatory framework that serves the needs of people everywhere. * Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft *Anu Bradford's Digital Empires is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the regulatory choices confronting governments that seek to reign in big tech. The US, China and Europe have chosen different paths, and Bradford carefully breaks down the legal and political contexts of each. Bradford's voice is clear and reasonable and this book is a tour de force. * Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate 2001 in economics *It is easy to forget that the future of the big tech is not just the question of what Europe, China or the U.S. will do, but how it all comes together. Anu Bradford offers the single best approach to understanding these interactions to make sense of an otherwise bewildering present and future. * Tim Wu, Special Assistant to President Biden for Technology and Competition Policy, 2021-2023 *This is the definitive account of the fierce and hugely important fight within and among "digital empires" - the United States, China, and the European Union - over the shape of our digital lives. Among its important conclusions are that the European rights-driven regulatory model, rather than the American market-driven model, is best poised to unite the democratic west and challenge China's growing control in the digital realm. * Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law School *Digital Empires is essential reading for all policymakers wanting to understand the drivers and implications of conflicts that threaten the global nature of the digital economy. Bradford offers a nuanced and highly compelling account of a digital world between decoupling and continuing globalization. * Pascal Lamy, Director general of the WTO, 2005-2013 *Digital Empires describes the coming race between the US, China, and the EU to impose their regulatory models and set the norms that govern the global digital order. The outcome of this struggle will shape the geopolitical map in unimaginable ways. A thoroughly researched, extremely readable, and perfectly timed work. * Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group and author of The Power of Crisis *Stimulating. * Nature *Comprehensive and insightful. * The New Yorker *Thoroughly researched. * Financial Times *Digital Empires The Global Battle to Regulate Technology is Anu Bradford's latest insightful, thought-provoking, and nuanced critical analysis of the leading digital world-wide powers. * Lola Montero Santos, PhD researcher at the European University Institute *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: DIGITAL EMPIRES Chapter 1: The American Market-Driven Regulatory Model Chapter 2: The Chinese State-Driven Regulatory Model Chapter 3: The European Rights-Driven Regulatory Model PART II: IMPERIAL RIVALRIES Chapter 4: Between Freedom and Control: Navigating Competing Regulatory Models Chapter 5: The Battle for Technological Supremacy: The US-China Tech War Chapter 6: When Rights, Markets, and Security Collide: The US-EU Regulatory Battles PART III: THE EXPANSION OF EMPIRES Chapter 7: The Waning Global Influence of American Techno-Libertarianism Chapter 8: Exporting China's Digital Authoritarianism through Infrastructure Chapter 9: Globalizing European Digital Rights through Regulatory Power Conclusion Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Digital Empires
Book SynopsisFinancial Times Best Books of 2023 in EconomicsThe global battle among the three dominant digital powersthe United States, China, and the European Unionis intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires, her provocative follow-up to The Brussels Effect, Anu Bradford explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come. Across the globe, people dependent on digital technologies have become increasingly alarmed that their rapid adoption and transformation have ushered in an exceedingly concentrated economy where a few powerful companies control vast economic wealth and political power, undermine data privacy, and widen the gap between economic winners and losers. In response, world leaders are variously embracing the idea of reining in the most dominant tech companies. Bradford examines three com
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Clarendon Press United Nations Divided World The UNs Roles in
Book SynopsisAn authoritative appraisal of the United Nations and rigorous examination of possibilities for change.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: `excellent ... succeeds both in its appraisal and in its critical assessment' International and Comparative Law QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The UN's Roles in a Divided World ; 1. The Historical Development of the UN's Role in International Security ; 2. The UN and International Security after the Cold War ; 3. The UN and the National Interests of States ; 4. The Role of the UN Secretary-General ; 5. The Good Offices Function of the UN Secretary-General ; 6. UN Peacekeeping and Election-Monitoring ; 7. The UN and Human Rights: At the End of the Beginning ; 8. The UN and the Problem of Economic Development ; 9. The UN and the Environment ; 10. The UN and the Development in International Law ; 11. The Historical Development of Efforts to Reform the UN ; 12. The Structure of the UN in the Post-Cold War Period ; Appendices, including: An Agenda for Peace:
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Oxford University Press The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world''s most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Covenant is of universal relevance. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966 and in force from 1976, it commits the signatories and parties to respect the civil and political freedoms and rights of individuals. Monitored by the UN Human Rights Committee, the Covenant ratified by the majority of UN member states.The book meticulously extracts and analyzes the jurisprudence over nearly forty years of the UN Human Rights Committee, on each of the various ICCPR rights, including the right to life, the right to freedom from torture, the right of freedom of religion, the right of freedom of expression, and the right to privacy, as well as admissibility criteria under the First Optional Protocol. Key miscellaneous issues, such as reservations, derogations, and denunciations, are also thoroughly assessed.Comprehensively indexed and cross-referenced, this book offers elegant and straight-forward access to the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee and other UN human rights treaty bodies. Presented in a clear and illuminating manner, it will be of use to the judiciary, human rights practitioners, human rights activists, government institutions, academics, and students alike.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition 'a seminal work which will be of enormous interest to the human rights community...' * Commonwealth Lawyer *"... a very useful first stop in finding the basic jurisprudence on the protection of civil and political rights under the treaties adopted under the auspices of the United Nations.'" * Urfan Khaliq, Tolley's Communications Law *... the publication makes a most creditable contribution to systematising and making accessible the work of the Human Rights Committee in the exercise of its various functions ... With its timely collation of the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee, it stands alone in the human rights literature. * Australian Year Book of International Law *"The book, all 985 pages of it, is an excellent source of reference. No other work has encompassed as much material and case law so far...the wide range of sources is impressive...Of great value is the subject index... this index is exceptionally good, detailed and clear...the compilation of such incredible amounts of material is a gigantic achievement. The inclusion of good-quality indexes and information tables makes the information readily available and is one of the major assets of the work...The volume is a most-needed and welcome contribution for scholars and practitioners alike. It fulfils its aim of bestowing the legal community with an excellent source of information on international human rights law and will certainly aid in the advancement of human rights protection." * Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg Journal of International Law) *The authors are to be congratulated for their thoughtful and insightful analysis, and for their meticulous work in continuing to render the work of the Human Rights Committee accessible to a wide audience of civil servants, scholars, practitioners, and activists. * Australian Year Book of International Law *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Introduction ; PART II: ADMISSIBILITY UNDER THE ICCPR ; 2. The Ratione Temporis Rule ; 3. The 'Victim' Requirement ; 4. Territorial and Jurisdictional Limits ; 5. Consideration Under Another International Procedure ; 6. Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies ; PART III: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ; 7. The Right of Self-determination - Article 1 ; 8. The Right to Life - Article 6 ; 9. Freedom from Torture and Rights to Humane Treatment - Articles 7 and 10 ; 10. Miscellaneous Rights - Articles 8, 11, 16 ; 11. Freedom from Arbitrary Detention - Article 9 ; 12. Freedom of Movement - Article 12 ; 13. Procedural Rights Against Expulsion - Article 13 ; 14. Right to a Fair Trial - Article 14 ; 15. Prohibition of Retroactive Criminal Laws - Article 15 ; 16. Right to Privacy - Article 17 ; 17. Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion - Article 18 ; 18. Freedom of Expression - Articles 19 and 20 ; 19. Freedoms of Assembly and Association - Articles 21 and 22 ; 20. Protection of the Family - Article 23 ; 21. Protection of Children - Article 24 ; 22. Rights of Political Participation - Article 25 ; 23. Rights of Non-Discrimination - Articles 2(1), 3, and 26 ; 24. Minority Rights - Article 27 ; PART IV: ALTERATION OF ICCPR DUTIES ; 25. Reservations, Denunciations, Succession, and Derogations ; APPENDICES ; A. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ; B. First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR ; C. Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR ; D. States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ; E. States Parties to the First Optional Protocol ; F. States Parties to the Second Optional Protocol ; G. States which have made a Declaration under Article 41 of the Covenant ; H. Members of the Human Rights Committee (Past and Present) ; I. General Comments of the Human Rights Committee
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Oxford University Press The Guardians
Book SynopsisThe First World War threw the imperial order into crisis. New states emerged from the great European land empires, while Germany''s African and Pacific colonies, and the Ottoman provinces in the Middle East fell into allied hands. Britain, France, Belgium, Japan, and the British dominions wanted to keep the new states, but Woodrow Wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwise. At the Paris Peace conference of 1919, the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under ''mandate'' from the League of Nations. As The Guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequences. The allies sought to use the League to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves created. Colonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; GerTrade Review[An] original, stimulating and thoroughly researched examination of how the new League managed to sustain a façade of trusteeship in a world of selfish imperial interests... This is a fascinating examination of empire in its final death throes. * Literary Review, Richard Overy *A richly detailed study of the League's Permanent Mandates Commission... Pedersen's book is genuinely revelatory a long disquisition on the politics of unintended consequences, as a bureaucratic system designed to uphold and legitimise imperial reconstruction provided the tools for its undoing. * Financial Times, Duncan Kelly *The first indispensable book written on a critical subject in 50 years... fair-minded, hard-hitting and readable... The Guardians is a magnificent book. * Wall Street Journal (Europe), WM. Roger Louis *A strikingly original book. * Mark Mazower, The Guardian *The Guardians offers many important insights, not least in demonstrating how internationalism deepened when Germany became a commission member and how the UK's governance of Iraq inspired today's system of economic imperialism. The book's primary revelation, however, relates to what the league did not do. Pedersen argues that self-determination, the concept that supposedly underpinned its creation, "was not what the Commission would serve". Its failure to take seriously the demands of its mandated populations initiated a set of forces that would help to forge our unequal world of today. Pedersen's study is nothing less than a groundbreaking account of how one organisation shaped the 20th century. * Times Higher Education, Niamh Gallagher *A magnificent study. * Ferdinand Mount, London Review of Books *provides an enlightening, insightful, richly textured exposé of the Mandates Commission from birth to transformation under the United Nations. Her multi-archival, international, superbly footnoted, and, at its core, personality driven narrative brings alive an institution ... the author's highly engaging narrative style makes the book fly by as if it were a summer beach read. Extremely readable, richly informative, and boldly argued. * G. Donato, CHOICE *Table of ContentsPART I: MAKING THE MANDATES SYSTEM; PART II: RETREAT FROM SELF-DETERMINATION, 1923-1930; PART III: NEW TIMES, NEW NORMS, 1927-1933; PART IV: BETWEEN EMPIRE AND INTERNATIONALISM, 1933-1939
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of International Rights Law
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive and original overview of one of the fundamental topics within international law. It contains substantial new essays by more than forty leading experts in the field, giving students, scholars, and practitioners a complete overview of the issues that inform research, as well as a ''map'' of the debates that animate the field. Each chapter features a critical and up-to-date analysis of the current state of debate and discussion, assessing recent work and advancing the understanding of all aspects of this developing area of international law.The Handbook consists of 39 chapters, divided into seven parts. Parts I and II explore the foundational theories and the historical antecedents of human rights law from a diverse set of disciplines, including the philosophical, religious, biological, and psychological origins of moral development and altruism, and sociological findings about cooperation and conflict. Part IITrade ReviewThe disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers. * Eckart Klein, German Yearbook of International Law *Table of ContentsI. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS ; II. HISTORICAL AND LEGAL SOURCES ; III. STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES ; IV. NORMATIVE EVOLUTION ; V. INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS ; VI. HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW ; VII. ASSESSMENTS
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Oxford University Press Cases Materials on EU Law
Book SynopsisThis classic casebook provides a valuable selection of significant cases and legislation alongside an engaging range of carefully selected extracts, all of which are enhanced by insightful author notes in an easy-to-use and accessible format.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This is one of those publications you come to rely on as it delivers consistently. It is unapologetically erudite without being too unwieldy. The analysis and commentary in Weatherill's work is crisp, incisive and original. * Chrisoulla Pawlowska, Senior Lecturer in European Law, University of Greenwich *Weatherill covers the law and non-legal elements comprehensively; he is always thought-provoking and strives to explain and not over complicate. * Professor Urfan Khaliq, Professor of Public International and European Laws, Cardiff University *Table of ContentsPART I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE EU; PART II: UNION TRADE LAW AND POLICY; PART III: POLICY-MAKING, GOVERNANCE, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE
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Oxford University Press International Organizations as Lawmakers
Book SynopsisInternational Organizations as Law-makers addresses how international organizations with a global reach, such as the UN and the WTO, have changed the mechanisms and reasoning behind the making, implementation, and enforcement of international law. Alvarez argues that existing descriptions of international law and international organizations do not do justice to the complex changes resulting from the increased importance of these institutions after World War II, and especially from changes after the end of the Cold War. In particular, this book examines the impact of the institutions on international law through the day to day application and interpretation of institutional law, the making of multilateral treaties, and the decisions of a proliferating number of institutionalized dispute settlers. The introductory chapters synthesize and challenge the existing descriptions and theoretical frameworks for addressing international organizations. Part I re-examines the law resulting from theTrade ReviewJose Alvarez is a rare bird in the scholarly aviary of international organization: he moves effortlessly between politics and the law. International Organizations as Law-makers is authoritative but easy to read, an exceptional text for courses in international relations as well as international law. * Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center *As an authoritative observer of the prominent role played by international institutions in the global arena ,Professor Alvarez has undertaken a challenging task:fully taking account of the specific tasks and features of the individual organizations which now operate in all major areas of human endeavor ,he has distilled principles and procedures common to their law-making and dispute-settlement activities.With proper attention to history,theory,doctrine and practice,the book should become a standard item on reading lists not only for specialized courses on international institutional law but on general international law as well,given the impact of these institutions on traditional doctrine. * Eric Stein, Hessel E.Yntema Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan *José Alvarez has written a tour de force that will endure for years to come as the definitive treatise on law-making, in all its forms, by international organizations. He has combined theory with a solid grasp of organizations' practice as he explains and analyzes the law-making activities of such disparate organizations as the United Nations, its many specialized agencies and the World Trade Organization, including judicial and "judicialized" bodies that exercise jurisdiction and make law across a broad subject-matter spectrum. Anyone with an interest in international law and organizations will do well to read this book and keep it handy on a nearby reference shelf. * Frederic L. Kirgis, Washington and Lee University School of Law *The world is increasingly dense with international organizations, yet they receive surprisingly little attention from international lawyers. Arguing that we are in "the age of IOs," Jose Alvarez offers a comprehensive treatment of the topic that skillfully melds theory, practice, and history. Deftly weaving together insights and evidence from both international law and international relations, International Organizations as Law-Makers provides one-stop shopping for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of international organizations. * Professor Kal Raustiala, UCLA Law School *Table of ContentsPART I: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL LAW: SELECTED ISSUES; PART II: MULTILATERAL TREATY- MAKING; PART III: INSTITUTIONALIZED DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
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Oxford University Press, USA The New European Economy
Book SynopsisA third edition of the highly successful analysis of politics and economics in the European Union. Fully revised and updated, this edition continues to provide an ideal introduction to the economic issues surrounding the EU, and an understanding of the political forces involved.Trade ReviewTsoukalis very successfully integrates political and economic approaches to understanding EU economic integration and covers a broad range of topics in his work./Y. Akbar/Regional Studies, Vol. 32.2.The author raises some fundamental questions regarding the future of the EU and the widening gap between economic and political integration. * European Access *Table of Contents1. Searching for Things New and European ; 2. The Early Ups and Downs of European Integration ; 3. Treaty Revisions and the New Economic Orthodoxy ; 4. From Customs Union to the Internal Market ; 5. The Political Economy of Liberalization and Regulation ; 6. Social Policies and Labour Markets ; 7. Building a Regional Currency System ; 8. Towards Monetary Union ; 9. Cohesion and Redistribution ; 10. European or Global Power? ; 11. Ten Theses on Integration ; Contributors
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Oxford University Press The Politics of Everyday Europe Constructing
Book SynopsisHow do political authorities build support for themselves and their rule? Doing so is key to accruing power, but it can be a complicated affair. The European Union, as a novel political entity, faces a particularly difficult set of challenges. The Politics of Everyday Europe argues that the legitimation of EU authority rests in part on a transformation in the symbols and practices of everyday life in Europe. The Single Market and the Euro, the legal category of European Citizen and policies promoting the free movement of people, EU public architecture, arts and popular entertainment, and EU diplomacy and foreign policy all generate symbols and practices that change peoples'' day-to-day experiences naturalizing European governance.The modern nation-state has long used similar strategies of nationalism and ''imagined communities'' to legitimize its political power. But the EU''s cultural infrastructure is unique, as it navigates European national identities with a particularly banality, Trade ReviewThe EU response, and the showdowns it has produced in the subsequent years, has been interpreted by observers in two ways. One view holds that the crisis has drawn Europe closer together. This is what the political scientist Kathleen McNamara argues in her thoughtful new book, * Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs *The Politics of Everyday Europe is a path-breaking analysis of how the European Union has created an imagined community of Europeans. In this superb book, McNamara deftly shows how the EU has consolidated Europe and its own authority by creating shared symbols and practices for everyday life. From money to travel to architecture and diplomacy the EU has made itself a taken-for-granted social fact through exercises that are often technocratic, even banal, but pervasive and powerful. A must-read, not just for those interested in Europe, but for anyone interested the nature of power in contemporary politics. * Martha Finnemore, University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The George Washington University *Kathleen McNamara asks a simple but profound question: Why is the EU accepted as a new actor and legitimate site of political authority? Demonstrating how the EU has promoted itself as a banal, deracinated political entity, entwined with existing national identities, explains both the EUs development and how its legitimacy may be self-limiting. The real brilliance of the book comes in its asking profound questions about European integration that others have failed to ask. In so doing, McNamara forces us to rethink how we see the EU, and opens up new avenues of inquiry. * R. Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics, Rutgers University *The Politics of Everyday Europe situates European integration within a broader history of comparative political development, convincingly showing why Europe" is a part of our everyday reality--for better and for worseand the consequences for the future of the EU. McNamaras contribution to the sociology of Europe is immense, and challenges our thinking about state transformations and political legitimation in twenty-first century governance. * Virginie Guiraudon, Research professor at the National Center for Scientific Research, Sciences Po Center for European Studies *Even after decades of intensive scholarship, we still dont fully understand what kind of political object the European Union is, and where it takes its authority from. To answer these very big, cardinal questions, Kathleen McNamara shifts our gaze to the realm of the infinitely small. Myriad everyday practices, part of a seemingly banal cultural infrastructure, add up to compose the social fact of European integration. This brilliant, innovative and timely book sheds new light on longtime puzzles in IR theory, EU studies and comparative political development. * Vincent Pouliot, Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar, McGill University *offers a refreshing account of this phenomenon, not a dry institutional analysis. This insightful work draws on a wide literature in cultural analysis and sociological theory to make a strong argument that the political development of the EU must be seen in the context of a deeper cultural transformation * Gerard Delanty, Current History *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: How to Construct a Social Fact 3: Technologies of Cultural Construction 4: Buildings, Spectacles, and Songs 5: Citizenship and Mobility 6: The Euro and the Single Market 7: European Foreign Policy 8: Conclusion
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Oxford University Press The Architecture of Collapse The Global System in
Book SynopsisUsing a variety of economic, financial, and political indicators, this book demonstrates that the global system has become an 'architecture of collapse'. The global financial crisis of 2008, the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China, and the European sovereign debt crisis illustrate the causes and the consequences of global instabilityTrade ReviewFew social scientists have the urbane vision and capacious intellect of Mauro Guillén. His dissection of the shock inducing and absorbing features of our interconnected world system vividly details the risks we presently face, but also paves the way for steps that could cushion the present volatility. * Walter W. Powell, Stanford University *A brilliant critical engagement with different interpretations of what makes a system prone to failure. The author develops a multi-level and multi-nodal analysis that allows him to single out strategic sources of systemic instability and to demonstrate what can be done. * Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of Expulsions *A fascinating perspective on the sources of instability in the global system. Professor Guillén brings to bear powerful concepts from the study of system complexity. A must read for anyone interested in financial markets, international migration, and the rise or fall of nations. * Simon Johnson, MIT Sloan School of Management and former IMF Chief Economist *This book offers a sobering analysis of the risks facing the global economy, from population aging to financial inter-connections. The policy recommendations are important and timely. * Lady Barbara Judge, CBE *A careful conceptual construction of complexity and coupling... [providing] new insights into why countries are likely to experience more frequent crises. Guillén skillfully navigates a multidisciplinary interrogation of the increasing fragility of the global economic system. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPreface 1: The Global System 2: Complexity 3: Coupling 4: Complexity, Coupling, and the Great Recession 5: The U.S./China Relationship 6: The Euro Zone as a Complex, Tightly-Coupled System 7: The Future of the Global System
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Oxford University Press EU Law in the UK
Book SynopsisThe first new EU law textbook to publish since Brexit, EU Law in the UK tackles the subject with a post-Brexit perspective interwoven throughout. Its uniquely contextual approach provides a fresh, engaging, and relatable account of EU law.Trade ReviewThe explanations are clear and easy to follow and the use of examples will help students. * Dr Samuel Walker, Lecturer in Law, Bournemouth University *This much needed text fills a gap in the market by considering how Brexit will affect every area of UK-EU legal relations whilst at the same time providing an authoritative exposition of EU law. * Mr David Rigg, Senior Lecturer in Law, Manchester Metropolitan University *A concise and attainable overview of EU law in context. The book provides an invaluable insight to the continuous impact of EU law post-Brexit via interesting contemporary and recent quotes and relatable scenarios. * Dr Maris Kask-Polacko, Lecturer in Law, University of Roehampton *I found these chapters fresh and engaging. * Ms Chrisoulla Pawlowska, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich *Table of Contents1: History of the project (1972-2020) 2: The EU institutions 3: Decision-making and democracy in the EU 4: EU legislative powers 5: Limits to EU legislative powers 6: The Relationship between EU and National Law 7: Connecting EU Law to Domestic Law: the Preliminary Reference Procedure 8: Enforcing EU Law 9: Fundamental rights in the EU 10: The Internal (or Common, or Single) Market 11: Free movement of goods 12: Free movement of workers 13: EU Citizenship 14: Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services 15: Competition law 16: Negotiating a Future Relationship: EU External Relations Law
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Oxford University Press PolicyMaking in the European Union
Book SynopsisThe eighth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union provides students and scholars with a strong understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. In particular, it assesses policy-making in a more politicized context and in light of Brexit.Trade ReviewThere are seminal books and classics, and then there is the eighth edition of Policy-Making in the EU. I remember reading the first one when I was a young student and they have followed me throughout my career from academia to civil service via politics and back. A must for anyone who wants to understand the theory and practice of European policy making. * Alexander Stubb, Director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute and former Prime Minister of Finland *Policy-Making in the European Union is a classic. The European polity touches virtually every aspect of Europes societies, and this new edition illuminates how and why. It is a must-have for scholars and practitioners. * Liesbet Hooghe, UNC-Chapel Hill and European University Institute, Florence *Newly updated, this remains the best textbook on policy-making in the EU! It offers an excellent combination of rich empirical assessments of the main fields of EU policies and lucid reflections on relating theories and methodological approaches. A must for scholars and students. * Andrew Moravcsik, Princeton University *For over 40 years, Policy-Making in the EU has been an invaluable teaching resource and reference book. The new edition is again keeping up with the times. Thanks to its first-rate authors and unparalleled scope, it remains the authoritative source on the making, outcomes and development of EU policies. * Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich *Table of ContentsInstitutions, Process, and Analytical Approaches 1: Helen Wallace, Mark A. Pollack, Christilla Roederer-Rynning, and Alasdair R. Young: An Overview 2: Mark A. Pollack: Theorizing EU Policy-Making 3: Alasdair R. Young and Christilla Roederer-Rynning: The European Policy Process in Comparative Perspective 4: Christine Reh and Helen Wallace: An Institutional Anatomy and Five Policy Modes Policies 5: Alasdair R. Young: The Single Market 6: Mark Thatcher: Competition Policy 7: Dermot Hodson: Economic and Monetary Union 8: Christilla Roederer-Rynning: The Common Agricultural Policy 9: Brigid Laffan and Johannes Lindner: The Budget 10: John Bachtler and Carlos Mendez: Cohesion Policy 11: Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen: Social Policy 12: Abraham Newman: Digital Policy 13: Andrea Lenschow: Environmental Policy 14: David Buchan: Energy Policy 15: Sandra Lavenex: Justice and Home Affairs 16: Alasdair R. Young: Trade Policy 17: Bastian Giegerich: Foreign and Security Policy 18: Jan Orbie: International Development Policy 19: Ulrich Sedelmeier: Enlargement Conclusions 20: Helen Wallace, Mark A. Pollack, Christilla Roederer-Rynning, and Alasdair R. Young: Conclusions
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of United Nations
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations presents an innovative, authoritative, and accessible examination and critique of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Since the late 1940s, but particularly since the end of the cold war, peacekeeping has been a central part of the core activities of the United Nations and a major process in global security governance and the management of international relations in general. The volume will present a chronological analysis, designed to provide a comprehensive perspective that highlights the evolution of UN peacekeeping and offers a detailed picture of how the decisions of UN bureaucrats and national governments on the set-up and design of particular UN missions were, and remain, influenced by the impact of preceding operations. The volume will bring together leading scholars and senior practitioners in order to provide overviews and analyses of all 65 peacekeeping operations that have been carried out by the United NTrade ReviewAs with all Oxford Handbooks, this publication masters its enormous task with precision and elegance, providing readers with insightful summary chapters in Part I, followed by highly readable case studies in chronological order of the peacekeeping operations in Part II . . . the editors and writers have made an important contribution to promote such an understanding among the UN member states. * Helmut Volger, PassBlue Blog *These chapters cover extensive ground and provide an up-to-date perspective on peacekeeping and international security. They also succeed in dispelling the conceptual confusion that prevails in some corners of the literature on peace missions . . . The book brings together an impressive group of academics and practitioners including leading scholars, senior diplomats and military officers with first-hand experience in UN peace operations. * Patrick A Mello, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsPART I: CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES; PART II: UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - 1948-2013; SECTION 1: EARLY EXPERIENCES - 1948-1963; SECTION 2: COLD WAR PEACEKEEPING - 1964-1987; SECTION 3: POST-COLD WAR PEACEKEEPING - 1988-1998; SECTION 4: PEACEKEEPING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY - 1999-2013
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Oxford University Press Politics in the European Union
Book SynopsisPolitics in the European Union is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the EU. Unique in its in-depth coverage of the history of the EU, the book explores a wide range of topics including institutions and policies, making it a complete guide to understanding the complex nature of the EU. Now in its fifth edition, the text has been fully updated to include coverage of Brexit, the refugee crisis, and political developments within member states. The text is enriched with a wide range of learning features, including end of chapter questions, which are designed to stimulate critical thinking, suggested further reading, EU timelines, and illustrative figures to help students take their learning further.Trade ReviewThis latest edition is particularly useful in that it includes chapters on the subject area that students of EU Studies often find to be the most difficult and troublesome of all, namely integration theory. [This] is particularly useful not only because, unlike the contents of several competing texts, it is actually present, but also because it includes valuable descriptions and explanations of the historiography of European integration theory (which can be something of a mystery to EU newcomers), but also clear and lucid accounts both of the nature of already well-established theories, including intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism, and also of new and emerging theoretical approaches, notably constructivism, critical political economy, and feminism. * Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, IEUSS Review of Books, January 2021 *This is simply the best introduction to the EU and European integration currently available - a wonderful entry point for students who seek both broad-ranging coverage and deep knowledge of the subject. * Ben Rosamond, Professor of Politics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *Everything students need to know, and often don't even know to ask, can be found in this highly accessible, highly readable introduction to the Politics of the European Union. * Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University, USA *Table of ContentsPart One: Theory 1: Theories of European Integration 2: Theories of EU Governance 3: Theorizing Consequences 4: Critical Perspectives Part Two: History 5: From the End of the War to the Schuman Plan (the Late 1940s to the Early 1950s) 6: The 'Other' European Communities and the Origins of the European Economic Community (the Early 1950s to the 1960s) 7: The First Years of the European Economics Community (the 1960s and into the 1970s) 8: The Revival of European Integration (the Mid-1970s to the Late 1980s) 9: Maastricht and Amsterdam (the Late 1980s to the Late 1990s) 10: From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000-09) 11: The EU in Crisis (2009-19) Part Three: Institutions 12: The Institutional Architecture 13: The European Commission 14: The European Council and the Council of the European Union (EU) 15: The European Parliament 16: The Court of Justice of the European Union 17: Organized Interests Part Four: Policies 18: Policy Making and Policies in the European Union 19: The Single Market 20: Economic and Monetary Union 21: Agriculture 22: Environment and Climate 23: Freedom, Security, and Justice 24: Trade and Development Aid 25: Common Foreign and Security Policy 26: Enlargement
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Oxford University Press EU Procedural Law
Book SynopsisEU Procedural Law provides a rigorously structured analysis of the system of judicial protection in the European Union and the procedure before the Union Courts (the Court of Justice and the General Court). It examines the various types of proceedings which may be brought before the Union Courts, such as the actions for infringement, annulment, failure to act, and damages, along with special forms of procedure involving, for example, interim relief, appeals, staff cases, and intellectual property rights. It also addresses the relationship between the Court of Justice and the national courts through the preliminary ruling procedure and the interplay between European Union law and the national procedural and remedial frameworks more generally. Throughout, this book takes account of important jurisprudential and institutional developments, including the restructuring of the EU judicial system and reforms in the procedure of the Union Courts.In its second edition, this thoroughly updated work will continue to be the first port of call for practitioners, civil servants, and academics seeking guidance on the various components of EU procedural law.Table of Contents1: General Introduction Part I: The Judicial Organization of the European Union 2: The Union Judicial System 3: Cooperation between National Courts and the Court of Justice: The Reference for a Preliminary Ruling 4: Union Law and Member State Procedures and Remedies Part II: Enforcement of Union Law 5: The Action for Infringement of Union Law by a Member State 6: Preliminary Rulings on the Interpretation of Union Law Part III: Protection Against Union Acts 7: The Action for Annulment 8: The Action for Failure to Act 9: The Objection of Illegality 10: Preliminary Rulings on the Validity of Union Acts 11: The Action for Damages 12: Applications for an Opinion on the Compatibility with the Treaties of an International Agreement To Be Concluded by the Union Part IV: Special Forms of Procedure 13: Proceedings for Interim Measures Before the Union Courts 14: Proceedings for Authorization to Serve a Garnishee Order on the Union 15: Jurisdiction of the Union Courts to Give Judgment pursuant to an Arbitration Clause or a Special Agreement 16: Proceedings Brought by Officials and Other Servants of the Union (Staff Cases) 17: Jurisdiction of the Union Courts Over Disputes Relating to Intellectual Property Rights 18: Unlimited Jurisdiction of the Union Courts in Respect of Actions Relating to Sanctions 19: Appeals 20: The Review Procedure 21: Jurisdiction of the Union Courts Under Conventions Concluded by the Member States Part V: Procedure Before the Union Courts 22: Start of the Procedure 23: Incidental Elements of the Procedure 24: Main Elements of the Procedure 25: Conclusion of the Procedure
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Oxford University Press The UKs Withdrawal from the EU A Legal Analysis 3
Book SynopsisThe UK's Withdrawal from the EU explores the UK's departure from the EU from a legal perspective: Michael Dougan provides a critical analysis of the final EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, including explorations of the future protection of citizens' rights, the contentious Irish border, and the prospects for future EU-UK relations.Trade ReviewMichael Dougan's book provides a valuable resource about the legal issues concerning Brexit. * Paul Craig, CML Rev. *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Article 50 TEU: The Quest for an Orderly Withdrawal and the Possibility of Alternative Denouements 3: Legal and Political Factors at Work Within the Article 50 TEU Process 4: Framing the Article 50 TEU Negotiations and Agreeing the First Withdrawal Package 5: Rejection, Revision and Approval of the Withdrawal Package 6: Withdrawal Agreement: General Provisions 7: Citizens' Rights 8: Ireland and Northern Ireland 9: Future Relations Between the Union and the UK 10: Concluding Remarks
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Oxford University Press, USA EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime
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Oxford University Press Europes Passive Virtues
Book SynopsisThe European Court of Justice has been celebrated as a central force in the creation and deepening of the EU internal market. Yet, it has also been criticized for engaging in judicial activism, restricting national regulatory autonomy, and taking away the powers of Member State institutions. In recent years, the Court appears to afford greater deference to domestic actors in free movement cases. Europe''s Passive Virtues explores the scope of and reasons for this phenomenon. It enquires into the decision-making latitude given to the Member States through two doctrines: the margin of appreciation and decentralized judicial review.At the heart of the book lies an original empirical study of the European Court''s free movement jurisprudence from 1974 to 2013. The analysis examines how frequently and under which circumstances the Court defers to national authorities. The results suggest that free movement law has substantially changed over the past four decades. The Court is leaving a growing range of decisions in the hands of national law-makers and judges, a trend that affects the level of scrutiny applied to Member State action, the division of powers between the European and national judiciary, and ultimately the nature of the internal market. The book argues that these new-found ''passive virtues'' are linked to a series of broader political, constitutional, and institutional developments that have taken place in the EU.Trade ReviewZglinski's work provides various novel and innovative ways to look at the Court's case law. His well-argued and thoroughly researched book is a must-read for anyone interested in the architecture of free movement law. * Lars Klenk, Administrative Court of Berlin, European Public Law *Jan Zglinski has written an impressive monograph on the rise of doctrines of deference in the case law of the European Court of Justice. The book considers, from an empirical and constitutional perspective, the rise of doctrines of deference in the case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on market freedoms. It will inevitably become a classic. * Filipe Brito Bastos, Legal Issues of Economic Integration *Zglinski's book is a model example of legal scholarship engaging with social sciences' quantitative methods to describe legal developments as well as making the more traditional normative arguments of the discipline. The discussion of how the Court does and should administer the reach of its case law, and where it should carve out a role for member state institutions, is extremely timely and relevant. * Susanne K. Schmidt, University of Bremen, European Consitutional Law Review *The book presents a major original contribution to EU free movement law and, in particular, the ongoing debate on judicial deference. * Dimitrios Doukas, University of Manchester, European Law Review *What the book powerfully offers is a reminder of why the internal market should remain of central concern to EU law scholarship. While this may no longer be the area where bold doctrinal innovation in EU law is being produced, the very maturity of internal market law makes it a "most likely case" (as political scientists would put it) for observing how EU law is evolving and how the EU's foremost court is facing down its key effectiveness and legitimacy challenges. Zglinski's book demands that we look again at what we thought we knew about the substantive law of the European Union. There are plenty of EU law books with nothing to say - this is not one of them. * Mark Dawson, Hertie School of Governance, Common Market Law Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction The New Free Movement Architecture The Rise of Deference The Margin of Appreciation: Theory and Practice Decentralized Judicial Review: Theory and Practice Proportionality and Its Discontents Discovering Passive Virtues
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Oxford University Press Courts and Comparative Law
Book SynopsisWhile the role of comparative law in the courts was previously only an exception, foreign sources are now increasingly becoming a source of law in regular use in supreme and constitutional courts. There is considerable variation between the practices of courts and the role of comparative law, and methods remain controversial. In the US, the issue has been one of intense public debate and it is still one of the major dividing issues in the discussion about the role of the courts. Contributing to the existing discussion of the use of comparative law in the courts, this book provides an inclusive, coherent, and practical analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence in comparative law in the courts. It examines the consequences for court procedures and the form of judgments, as well as how foreign sources are drawn upon in private international law, European law, administrative law, and constitutional law as well as before general courts. The book also includes case studies of comparative law used in particular spheres of the law, such as tort law and consumer law. Written by practising judges and lawyers as well as leading academics, this book serves as a central reference point concerning the role of comparative law before the courts.Trade ReviewThis book provides a great starting point for much needed further research. * Roberto Caranta, Common Market Law Review *
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Oxford University Press Experimentalist Governance
Book SynopsisWhat does non-hierarchical governance mean? Under what conditions are actors likely to engage in it? Which trajectory best captures its long-term evolution? Through which mechanisms does it overcome gridlock?To respond to these questions at the heart of regulatory governance, Experimentalist Governance develops an analytical framework that draws on contemporary debates but seeks to overcome their limitations. Notably, it offers a definition of non-hierarchical (experimentalist) governance that goes beyond institutional structures, focusing attention on actors'' choices and strategies. It shows that, contrary to expectations, functional and political pressures were more influential than distributions of legal power, and bolstered one another. Strong functional demands and political opposition influence actors'' capacity of using powers which, de jure, might be concentrated in their own hands. Indeed, actors can use non-hierarchical governance to aid learning and mould political support.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables Introduction: Beyond Non-hierarchical Architectures 1: Analysing Non-hierarchical Structures, Processes, and Outcomes 2: Experimentalist Architectures, Processes, and Outcomes: European Electricity Markets 1996-2021 3: Common Architectures, Diverse Processes, and Trajectories: European Gas Markets 1998-2021 4: Similar Structures, Diverse Processes: European Communication Markets 2009-2021 5: Experimentalist Architectures, Processes, Outcomes: European Financial Markets 2011-2021 6: Same Structure, Different Processes, and Trajectories: European Pharmaceutical Markets 1995-2022 7: Conclusion Appendix: Interviews Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press EU Constitutional Law
Book SynopsisA major international textbook on EU constitutional law, it covers the structure, values, procedures, and policies of the EU. It deals with institutional issues, but also with substantive issues of major importance, including citizenship, free movement, fundamental rights, and the EU as an external actor.Table of ContentsPart I Constituting the European Union 1: The Development from European Communities to European Union 2: The Treaty of Lisbon and the Current Treaties 3: Amendment of the Treaties 4: Accession to and Withdrawal from the European Union Part II Competences of the European Union 5: Values, Objectives, and Principles Governing the Union Competences 6: Citizenship of the Union 7: The Internal Market 8: The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice 9: Other Areas of Union Policy 10: External Action of the Union 11: Limitations and Exceptions to the Application of the Treaties Part III Institutional Actors of the European Union 12: The Political Institutions of the Union 13: Other Institutions and Bodies of the Union 14: The Union as an International Organization 15: The Member States of the Union 16: The Relationship between the Institutional Actors Part IV Decision-Making in the European Union 17: The Legislative Procedures 18: The Implementation of Union Legislation 19: CFSP Decision-Making 20: The Budgetary Procedures 21: The Procedure for Concluding International Agreements 22: Decision-Making Restricted to Particular Member States Part V Legal Instruments of the European Union 23: Union Law and its Effects in the National Legal Orders 24: The Treaties: Primary Union Law 25: Fundamental Rights and General Principles of Union Law 26: International Law 27: Acts Adopted by the Institutions and Bodies of the Union 28: Other Sources of Union Law Part VI Judicial Protection in the European Union 29: Judicial Protection vis-a-vis Member States and Private Parties 30: Judicial Protection vis-a-vis the Institutions and Bodies of the Union
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Oxford University Press Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation
Book SynopsisThis second edition of the leading commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation reflects the impact of Brexit and the European Restructuring Directive. It continues to be a vital reference work for all those researching and advising European insolvency law.Trade ReviewOverall, it is clear that this commentary continues to rest on very solid foundations. For that and many other reasons, it should prove an enduring work of reference in the field of international insolvency for academics, judges, practitioners and policymakers alike. * Paul Omar, Technical Research Coordinator, INSOL Europe, Eurofenix *This book is a 'must read' for every insolvency and restructuring professional who wishes to learn about how the new regulation should and will be applied ... a fantastic contribution to the existing library of cross-border insolvency publications, as it is possibly the first work on the EIR that presents a complete pan-European perspective and that expresses insights of experts from multiple European jurisdictions. Furthermore, as this commentary is published prior to the recast EIR coming into force, it will be vital for legal professionals when facing cross-border European cases once the new regulation arrives. * José Carles, Global Restructuring Review. *This is the leading work in English on the Recast EIR. * Prof. Dr. Peter Mankowski, GPR Law Review *Professor Bork and Dr van Zwieten have maintained academic rigour in the contributions from a dozen leading scholars and practitioners, producing an authoritative, useful and readable analysis of the legislation. * Chris Laughton, Eurofenix *It is clear that this commentary rests on very solid foundations. For that and many other reasons, it should prove an enduring work of reference in the field of international insolvency for scholars, the judiciary, practitioners and policy-makers alike. * Paul J. Omar, International Insolvency Review *
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Oxford University Press Concentrate Questions and Answers EU Law
Book SynopsisConcentrate Q&A EU Law is part of the Concentrate Q&A series, the result of a collaboration involving hundreds of law students and lecturers from universities across the UK. The series offers you better support and a greater chance to succeed on your law course than any of the competitors.''A sure-fire way to get a 1st class result'' (Naomi M, Coventry University)''My grades have dramatically improved since I started using the OUP Q&A guides'' (Glen Sylvester, Bournemouth University)''These first class answers will transform you into a first class student'' (Ali Mohamed, University of Hertfordshire)''I can''t think of better revision support for my study'' (Quynh Anh Thi Le, University of Warwick)''I would strongly recommend Q&A guides. They have vastly improved my structuring of exam answers and helped me identify key components of a high quality answer'' (Hayden Roach, Bournemouth University)''100% would recommend. Makes you feel like you will pass with flying colours'' (Elysia Marie
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Oxford University Press Future War and the Defence of Europe
Book SynopsisFuture War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a compelling analytical narrative. It lays out in forensic detail the scale of the challenge Europeans and their allies face if Europe''s peace is to be upheld in a transformative century. The book upends foundational assumptions about how Europe''s defence is organised, the role of a fast-changing transatlantic relationship, NATO, the EU, and their constituent nation-states. At the heart of the book is a radical vision of a technology-enabling future European defence, built around a new kind of Atlantic Alliance, an innovative strategic public-private partnership, and the future hyper-electronic European force, E-Force, it must spawn. Europeans should be under no illusion: unless they do far more for their own defence, and very differently, all that they now take for granted could be lost in the maze of hybrid war, cyber war, and hyper war they must face.Trade ReviewIt is a must-read for those entrusted with the weighty responsibility of making such decisions, international security specialists, and concerned citizens everywhere. * J. P. Smaldone, CHOICE *The authors have provided a valuable collection of the history and a snapshot of Europe's vulnerability. * Ching Wah Chin, The NYMAS Review *Future War and the Defence of Europe is a hard-hitting, compelling analysis that relentlessly hammers home its central message: contrary to what the vast majority of European elites and citizens seem to think, war in Europe is no longer inconceivable, and will become even less so if Europe and the United States continue to sleepwalk away from NATO's commitment to collective defence in Europe ... an important wake-up call for Europeans that should be read widely and closely. * Hanns W. Maull, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *... everyone concerned about transatlantic relations should read this book... * Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs *... a hard-hitting, compelling analysis that relentlessly hammers home its central message... an important wake-up call for Europeans that should be read widely and closely. * Hans W. Maul, Survival *Strategic plans rarely withstand crises, much less wars. But Future War passes the test... * Carsten Schmiedl, CEPA *... a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe... a radical vision of a technology enabling future European defence. * Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation *It is an interesting and wide-ranging exploration of a complicated, but often droll topic, brought to life by the eagerness of its writing and the passion of the authors. * Joshua Huminski, Diplomatic Courier *... the lessons offered by the authors are no less relevant today than before Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The authors have provided a valuable collection of the history and a snapshot of Europe's vulnerability. Whether the current crisis will fade that snapshot will be decided in the months ahead... one day provide valuable insight into the current debate for future historians. * Ching Wah Chin, Strategypage.com *Every now and then a book is written that makes a difference. Future War and the Defence of Europe is one such book. Critically, it reminds us not only of the complex strategic challenges Americans, Canadians and Europeans must face, but the vital importance of facing them together. * Michèle Flournoy, former US Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy and Co-founder, The Center for a New American Security *Latvians well understand the value of freedom. This excellent book is a blunt message to future leaders. If our hard won peace and freedom are to be preserved we must have the collective courage to look threat in the face. These eminent authors do just that. We ignore their message at our peril! * Ambassador Imants Liegis, former Minister of Defence of the Republic of Latvia *The Transatlantic Alliance is a key pillar in the defense of U.S. interests and in the promotion of our values. Future War and the Defense of Europe is a significant contribution to understanding the strategic landscape in Europe and how our forces might operate with European allies in a multi-domain and digital environment. General Allen and his colleagues have written a must-read book for any student or practitioner of national security decision-making. * The Honorable Leon E. Panetta, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, CIA Director, White House Chief of Staff, and Member of Congress *Keynes said that when confronting the new the difficulty is to abandon the old. This important book tells us that to retain our freedom and values in a post Covid future a paradigm shift is needed. It is a wake-up call for both Europeans and Americans, and a must read. * Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, former Italian Minister of Defence, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and Chief of the Italian Defence Staff *Well-trained forces matter! This is a central thesis in this great new book. Yes, the role of new technologies in Europe's twenty-first century defence will be vital, but the hard yards of peace will only be preserved by having enough young men and women in uniform - Americans, Canadians and Europeans. * General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the British Defence Staff *Europe's peace rests on a new transatlantic relationship and on Europeans doing far more together for their own defence, but above all a modern, democratic Germany willing to lead European defence. Fail and all could be lost. * Volker Ruehe, former German Minister of Defence *This authoritative book offers a radical and timely new vision for the transatlantic defense relationship. The authors call upon Europeans to more fully share the burdens of NATO, for only then can the United States continue to underwrite Europe's peace while meeting the growing array of challenges beyond Europe. Americans and Europeans must move beyond narrow debates and together consider the fast changing character of war and peace. * Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, former NATO Deputy Secretary-General and US Assistant Secretary of Defense *
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Oxford University Press Trade Policy in Multilevel Government
Book SynopsisTrade Policy in Multilevel Government investigates how multilevel polities organize openness in a globalizing political and economic environment. In recent years, the multilevel politics of trade caught a broader public''s attention, not least due to the Wallonian regional parliament''s initial rejection of the EU-Canada trade deal in 2016. In all multilevel polities, competencies held by states and regions have increasingly become the subject of international rule-setting. This is particularly so in the field of trade which has progressively targeted so-called ''behind the border'' regulatory barriers. In their reaction to this ''deep trade'' agenda, constituent units in different multilevel polities have shown widely varying degrees of openness to liberalizing their markets. Why is that? This book argues that domestic institutions and procedures of intergovernmental relations are the decisive factor. Countering a widely-held belief among practitioners and analysts of trade policy that involving subcentral actors complicates trade negotiations, it demonstrates that the more voice a multilevel polity affords its constituent units in trade policy-making, the less the latter have an incentive to eventually exit from emerging trade deals. While in shared rule systems constituent unit governments are directly represented along the entirety of the policy cycle, in self-rule systems territorial representation is achieved merely indirectly. Shared rule systems are hence more effective than self-rule systems in organizing openness to trade. The book tests its theory''s explanatory power on the understudied case of international procurement liberalization in extensive studies of three systems of multilevel government: Canada, the European Union, and the United States.Table of Contents1: Introduction: The Rise of Multilevel Trade Governance 2: More Voice, Less Exit: The Dynamics of Multilevel Trade Governance 3: Resisting Openness: Subcentral Governments and Procurement Liberalization 4: United States: The Limits of Self-Rule 5: Canada: Less Centralization, More Integration 6: European Union: A Market-Making Polity 7: Conclusion: Multilevel Trade Governance - Effective and Undemocratic?
£107.53
Oxford University Press, USA EU Antitrust Procedure Digital Pack
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£290.00
Oxford University Press EU Law
Book SynopsisRespected as the definitive textbook on the subject, this is the stand-alone guide to EU law. The world-renowned authors offer the ideal balance of commentary, key cases, and materials to provide the most authoritative coverage and analysis. This UK version also includes sections showing how principles apply or don't apply to the UK post-Brexit.Table of Contents1: The development of European integration 2: EU Membership: tensions and challenges 3: The institutions 4: Competence 5: Instruments and the hierarchy of norms 6: Legislation and decision-making 7: Decision-making and new forms of governance 8: The nature and effect of EU law: direct effect and beyond 9: The application of EU law: remedies in national courts 10: The relationship between EU law and national law: supremacy 11: EU international relations law 12: Human rights in the EU 13: Enforcement action against Member States 14: Preliminary rulings 15: Review of legality: access 16: Review of legality: grounds of review 17: Damages actions and money claims 18: The single market 19: Free movement of goods: duties, charges, and taxes 20: Free movement of goods: quantitative restrictions 21: Free movement of capital and economic and monetary union 22: Free movement of workers 23: Freedom of establishment and to provide services 24: Citizenship of the European Union 25: Equal treatment and non-discrimination 26: AFSJ: EU criminal law 27: Competition law: Article 101 28: Competition law: Article 102 29: Competition law: mergers 30: The state and the common market
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Oxford University Press Accountability in Global Governance
Book SynopsisHow can international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) and their implementing partners be held accountable if their actions and policies violate fundamental human rights? This book provides a new conceptual framework to study pluralist accountability, whereby third parties hold IOs and their implementing partners accountable for human rights violations. Based on a rich study of UN-mandated operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, the EU Troika''s austerity policy, and Global Public-Private Health Partnerships in India, this book analyzes how competition and human rights vulnerability shape the evolution of pluralist accountability in response to diverse human rights violations, such as human trafficking, the violation of the rights of detainees, economic rights, and the right to consent in clinical trials. While highlighting the importance of alternative accountability mechanisms for legitimacy of IOs, this book also argues that pluralist accountability should not be regarded as a panacea for IOs'' legitimacy problems, as it is often less legalized and might cause multiple accountability disorder.Trade ReviewHow can international organizations (IOs) be made to respect human rights? IOs are the bedrock of global human rights, but sometimes even protectors violate. In this wonderful study, Hirschmann argues that external third parties such as courts, NGOs, regional organizations are often more effective in holding IOs to account than states or IOs themselves, a development she coins pluralist accountability. Case studies of peace operations from Afghanistan to Kosovo, the EU Troika's economic adjustment policies, and WHO-led vaccination and vaccine development reveal the conditions under which pluralist accountability can hold an IO's feet to the fire. Essential reading for anyone concerned about global governance. * Liesbet Hooghe, W.R. Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Robert Schuman Fellow, European University Institute *When international organizations cause suffering who pays the costs? This book looks directly at this crucial question through legal, political, and normative lenses.Hirschmann deftly weaves a conceptual framework for IO accountability out of striking catalog of global governance failures. Everyone who hopes that international institutions will smooth a path to a more sustainable future needs to contend with her analysis of how to proceed when IOs make things worse instead of better. This is a crucial book for scholars, practitioners, and activists of global governance. * Ian Hurd, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University *Anyone seeking accountability in global governance often confronts a paradox: those with the greatest leverage to hold international organizations to account may have the least interest in doing so. In this impressive new book, Gisela Hirschmann develops the concept of 'pluralist accountability', analysing the complex and sometimes messy way in which diverse actors try — and sometimes succeed — in holding international actors to their own human rights standards. * Simon Chesterman, Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and Editor of The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties *Table of Contents1: Introduction: Human Rights Accountability in Complex Global Governance 2: Pluralist Accountability: A Theoretical Framework 3: 'We Cannot Rule Out That Torture Is Going On': Accountability Regarding the Rights of Detainees in Afghanistan 4: Human Trafficking and the Violation of the Rights of Detainees: The Accountability of International Peacekeepers in Bosnia 5: Bringing Peace, but Violating Human Rights: The Evolution and Limits of Pluralist Accountability in Kosovo 6: Pluralist Accountability in Times of Economic Crisis: The Troika Austerity Measures and Their Effect on Human Rights in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal 7: Pluralist Accountability in Global Health Governance: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Immunization and Vaccine Development 8: Conclusion: Pluralist Accountability and Legitimacy
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Oxford University Press Harris OBoyle and Warbrick Law of the European
Book SynopsisNow in its fifth edition, Harris, O''Boyle, and Warbrick: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights remains an indispensable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, and practitioners alike. The new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions, providing an up-to-date, clear, and comprehensive account of Strasbourg case law and its underlying principles. It sets out and critically analyses each Convention article (including those addressed by relevant Protocols), and thoroughly examines the system of supervision. The book also addresses the pressures and challenges facing the Strasbourg system in the twenty-first century.Digital formatsThis fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksTrade ReviewReview from previous edition An excellent and really valuable book for the study of the law of the European Convention on Human Rights. * Elisenda Casanas Adam, Edinburgh Law School *This is the best book on the ECHR available. It is comprehensive, contains critique and covers all aspects of the ECHR I teach. * Merris Amos, Queen Mary, University of London *Table of ContentsPart I: The European Convention on Human Rights in Context 1: The European Convention on Human Rights in context Part II: Enforcement Machinery 2: Admissibility of applications 3: The European Court of Human Rights: Organization, practice, and procedure 4: The execution of the Court's judgments Part III: The Rights Guaranteed 5: Article 2: The right to life 6: Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 7: Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour 8: Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person 9: Article 6: The right to a fair trial 10: Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment 11: Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence 12: Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion 13: Article 10: Freedom of expression 14: Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association 15: Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family 16: Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy 17: Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and Protocol 12 (Non-discrimination in respect of 'any right set forth by law') 18: Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation 19: Articles 16-18: Other restrictions upon the rights 20: Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property 21: Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education 22: Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections 23: The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols
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Oxford University Press European Union Law
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and critical textbook, Schütze''s European Union Law uses a distinctive three-part structure to examine the constitutional foundations, legal powers, and substantive law of the European Union. Written in a uniquely engaging style, and full of illuminating analyses, this book provides a thorough and modern guide to the study of the European law. Visual and pedagogical support is offered by the book''s numerous diagrams and tables that clarify key concepts and processes, and a practical appendix helps students to find and read primary and secondary legal sources. This third edition includes an updated dedicated chapter on the past, present, and future of Brexit.Digital formats and resourcesThe third edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.Table of ContentsPart I - Constitutional Foundations 1: Constitutional History: From Paris to Lisbon 2: Constitutional Nature: A Federation of States 3: Governmental Structure: Union Institutions I 4: Governmental Structure: Union Institutions II 5: European Law I: Nature Direct Effect 6: European Law II: Nature - Primacy/Pre-emption Part II - Governmental Powers 7: Legislative Powers: Competences and Procedures 8: External Powers: Competences and Procedures 9: Executive Powers: Competences and Procedures 10: Judicial Powers I: (Centralised) European Procedures 11: Judicial Powers II: (Decentralised) National Procedures 12: Limiting Powers: EU Fundamental Rights Part III - Substantive Law 13: Free Movement of Goods I: Negative Integration 14: Free Movement of Goods II: Positive Integration 15: Free Movement of Persons: Workers and beyond 16: Free Movement of Services and Capital 17: Competition Law: Private Undertakings 18: Internal Policies: An Overview 19: External Policies: An Overview Epilogue: Brexit and the Union: Past, Present, Future Appendix: How to Study European Union law
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Oxford University Press The Law of EU External Relations Cases Materials
Book SynopsisA fully updated third edition, this unique compilation of materials, cases, and commentary on EU external relations law is both a valuable teaching tool on the foreign relations of the European Union, as well as an indispensable first initiation in the legal foundations of the external action of the Union for practitioners.Table of Contents1: Personality and Powers of the EU 2: International Representation of the EU 3: Treaty-Making Procedures 4: Mixed Agreements 5: The EU in Other International Organizations 6: EU Sanctions 7: Common Commercial Policy 8: Cooperation Policies Beyond Trade 9: External Environmental Policy 10: Common Foreign and Security Policy 11: The Status of International Law in the EU 12: International Agreements of the Member States
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Oxford University Press European Union Law
Book SynopsisProviding wide-ranging coverage and clear explanations, European Union Law is a trusted guide to the subject with a no-fuss style. Written in its trademark concise prose, the text distils complex ideas without sacrificing academic integrity.Focusing on the key debates surrounding EU law, this book encourages students to critique and apply the law, and to take a contextual approach to the subject. Students are invited to consider the key concepts in the law and to think for themselves, with the help of self-test questions and numerous suggestions for further reading. Digital formats and resourcesThe eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access, along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.As the process of the UK leaving the EU unfolds, readers can also visit the OUP Brexit and EU Law online rTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: The constitutional base of the Union 3: The institutions of the Union 4: The European Courts: composition, functions, jurisdiction; preliminary rulings 5: The Union legal system 6: General principles of law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights 7: Doctrines of European Union law: direct effect, supremacy, state liability for breach of Union law and other remedies 8: Public enforcement of Union law (Articles 258-260 TFEU); review of legality and damages (Articles 263, 265, 268, 277 and 340(2) TFEU) 9: Free movement of goods (I): the abolition of customs duties and internal taxation 10: Free movement of goods (II): quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect 11: Free movement of services: the freedom to provide and receive services 12: Citizenship and free movement of persons: workers and establishment 13: Citizenship and free movement rights: beyond economic links 14: Competition law and policy 15: Environmental law and policy 16: Discrimination law: from sex discrimination in employment law to a general equality principle 17: EU relations with Third States and International Organisations
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Oxford University Press Brexit and the Future of the European Union The
Book SynopsisThis volume aims to explore the implications of Brexit for the ongoing debate on the future of Europe, first by mapping the process of UK withdrawal from the EU through the Brexit referendum, negotiations, and extensions, and then by exploring effect of Brexit on the EU institutions, treaties, and integration processes.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The EU during Brexit: the withdrawal negotiations 3: The EU because of Brexit: transitional institutional issues 4: The EU besides Brexit: crises governance 5: The EU after Brexit: constitutional reforms 6: The EU beyond Brexit: the Conference on the Future of Europe 7: Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Collegiality in the European Commission
Book SynopsisCollegiality is a core legal principle of the European Commission''s internal decision-making, acting as a safeguard to the Commission''s supranational character and ensuring the Commission''s independence from EU Member States. Despite collegiality''s central role within the Commission, its legal and political implications have remained critically underexamined. Collegiality in the European Commission sheds light on this crucial aspect of the Commission''s work for the first time. In this novel study on collegiality, Maria Patrin proposes an innovative framework for assessing the Commission''s institutional role and power. The book''s first part legally examines collegiality, retracing collegial procedures and actors in different layers of decision-making from the Commission''s services to the College of Commissioners. The second part of the book explores the implementation of collegiality through illustrative case studies, focusing on various Commission functions including legislatiTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Collegial Governance of the European Commission Part I: The Legal Substance of the Principle of Collegiality 2: Origins and Evolution of Collegiality in the Commission 3: The Legal Sources of Collegiality Between Legal Rules and Institutional Practices 4: The Legal Nature of the Principle of Collegiality: What Kind of Principle? 5: Collegiality in the Making: The Actors on Stage and Behind the Scenes Part II: The Institutional Practice of the Principle of Collegiality 6: Internal Decision Making and Functional Fragmentation 7: Legislative Initiative: The Revision of The Posting of Workers Directive 8: Executive Rulemaking: The Approval of Glyphosate 9: The Commission as the Watchdog of EU Law: Competition and Infringements 10: The Commission's Functions in Economic Governance Conclusions 11: Collegiality: The Commission's Holy Grail?
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Oxford University Press Secession and European Union Law
Book SynopsisSecession is a live issue in today''s Western Europe. In the last decade, we have witnessed the consolidation of pro-independence movements in Scotland and Catalonia and in the near future, we might see their re-emergence or the rise of other pro-secession movements in other European regions. The response of the EU institutions to secession within EU Member States may well be based mainly on political considerations. However, since the EU is a community based on the rule of law, it has also to justify its position with normative arguments of principle. Secession and European Union Law provides such normative support, drawing on a pluralist reading of the relation between EU law and national law, to support the conclusion that EU law should respect domestic constitutional orders. This book studies secession within EU Member States through legal methodology: the theoretical-doctrinal analysis of concepts and institutions, considering the evolving reality and case law. The legal approach
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Oxford University Press The Third United Nations How a Knowledge Ecology
Book SynopsisPeople often refer to the 'United Nations' but without specifying which specific parts are responsible for success or failure. This book explores supportive the non-state actors that are essential players in developing global policies and norms, alongside the traditional categories of member states (first UN) and staff (second UN).Trade ReviewIn this impressive book, the authors Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss remind us that the UN system cannot survive without the input and ideas of an array of independent thinkers and players and actors, including research centers, human rights experts, economists, consultants, digital networks, and specialists of all sorts who daily help the UN carry out its Charter obligations. Indeed, in many ways, the unheralded 'Third UN' serves as one of the great strengths of the world's most indispensable security body. * Dr Stephen Schlesinger, Author of Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations *From scholars to think-tanks, NGOs to foundations, all of us working on global governance owe the authors a great debt of gratitude. Without their seminal work on the "Third UN", we simply would not have the language or evidence to demonstrate that civil society inclusion is not just 'nice to have' but essential to securing peace, sustainable development and human rights for all. * Natalie Samarasinghe, Global Director, Advocacy, Open Society Foundations *Carayannis and Weiss pithily anatomize the intellectual community that 'helps the UN think.' This is an excellent handbook for researchers wondering how to get the world organization to listen to their big ideas and a must-read for anyone who wants to get into the UN advocacy business. * Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group *The examples presented by the authors demonstrate how important the development of new ideas and their transmission into the ''first'' and ''second'' UN is for the reform processes of the United Nations. * Helmut Volger, German Review of the United Nations no1. 2022 *The book presents the most comprehensive overview to date of external actors contribution to the formulation of ideas for decision-making in the UNs policy processes... the authors have given UN scholars many opportunities to connect the book to scholarship on international organizations and non-state actors and advance research in this area in a more fruitful and systematic manner...Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss have written a fascinating book of immense value to every student and scholar researching the UN, that will also give UN experts and global policymakers fresh insights, thanks to the original data the authors were able to assemble because of their unique expertise. * Nina Reiners, Global Policy Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The 'Third' UN: Non-State Actors and the World Body's Thinking 2: NGOs: Sovereignty-Free Partners for UN Policy Development 3: Commissions and High-Level Panels: How Eminent Individuals Shape UN Thinking 4: The UN's Knowledge Economy: Think Tanks, Academics, and Knowledge Brokers 5: Alternative Voices: Challengers of the Normative Post-War Order 6: Fitter for Purpose? The UN's Normative Future
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Oxford University Press Vernacular Border Security Citizens Narratives of
Book SynopsisThis book argues that a conceptual and methodological shift is required in the way that border security is understood, and that a new approach is urgently required. It examines vernacular narratives of the 'crisis' and how they offer insight into citizens' knowledge of the 'crisis', and actually-existing alternatives to fantasies of control.Trade ReviewVernacular Border Security represents a major contribution to the burgeoning field of vernacular security studies and will be of immense interest to scholars looking for alternative conceptualizations to understand the contemporary politics of migration, borders, and security. * Peter Nyers, Perspectives on Politics *Vernacular Border Security is arguably the most conceptually and empirically ambitious contribution to the recent vernacular turn in critical security studies to date. It is not only an accomplished piece of research which should be of immense value to policymakers, but an agenda setting piece for critical border, security, and citizenship studies. * Ben Rosher, E-International Relations *Vaughan-Williams poses the important question, why has the recent frenzy of border fortification—especially but not only in the EU—intensified rather than reduced popular anxieties about borders and migrants? To answer it, Vaughan-Williams listens closely to the people churned by such anxieties. This essential, original, and extraordinarily well-researched contribution to border and migration studies arrives at conclusions that should stop both policy makers and critical theorists in their tracks. * Wendy Brown, Class of 1936 First Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Walled States, Waning Sovereignty *In foregrounding the vernacular, Nick Vaughan-Williams makes a powerful and highly significant interference in contemporary understandings of the politics of security, borders, and migration. Vernacular Border Security takes the extensive literature on the importance of language for securitization and desecuritization in a new direction by foregrounding conversations rather than speech acts, claims, or discourses. In doing so, Vaughan-Williams has given us a rich resource for critically engaging contemporary framings of security, borders, and migration through a democratic analytics that values the reflective and critical engagement of ordinary people in the politics of insecurity. * Jef Huysmans, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London *Vernacular Border Security is a must-read for all political geographers concerned with questions of borderings, wallings, and the contemporary political imaginations of migrations in Europe. Beautifully written and conceptually innovative, this book brilliantly connects the grand narratives of border security promoted by institutions at the most diverse scales with a set of vernacular perspectives on the experience of border security in specific European settings. The rich and original empirical material matched by the sophisticated theoretical analysis proposed here by Nick Vaughan-Williams makes this book a path-breaking intervention in the fields of border and migration studies. * Claudio Minca, Professor, Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna *Coming from cultural studies and gender studies, I found Nick Vaughan-Williams' vernacular approach to be an illustrative perspective on security. Besides deconstructing the 'migration crisis' narrative, Vaughan-Williams explains theories of populism and ontological (in)security in a reader-friendly manner. I particularly enjoyed the author's take on affect and processes of gendering and racializing the figure of 'the migrant'. Reading this eloquent and important book gave me tools to analyze critically the perpetual debate about migration, borders, and securitization. * Tuija Saresma, Senior Researcher, University of Jyväskylä *European governments adopted inhuman, unlawful, and ineffective border security measures in the name of citizens allegedly frightened by migrants. Yet the empirical evidence offered by Nick Vaughan-Williams suggests that anti-migrant narratives originated at the top rather than at the bottom of societal ladders, aggravating anxieties among European citizens. The book points to counter-narratives embracing cultures of hospitality, rebuffing fantasies of walls and wired borders. These findings are not likely to deter populist politicians, but they should offer food for thought to moderate ones and to mass-media gurus eager to talk on behalf of 'ordinary people' without engaging in genuine conversation with them. I strongly recommend this book to all concerned citizens. * Jan Zielonka, Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and the University of Venice, Ca Foscari *Table of Contents1: Towards a Vernacular Study of Border Security 2: Exceptional Times, Emergency Borders: (De)Constructing Europe's 'Migration Crisis' 3: Populist and 'Post-Truth' Border Politics: The Securitization of Public Opinion on Migration 4: Dangerous Aliens, Crisis Constellations, and Information Gaps: Vernacular Narratives of Migration 5: Border Anxieties: Vernacular Narratives of Ontological (In)Security 6: Desecuritizing Strangeness: Vernacular Counter-Narratives of Border Security Appendix 1: Moderators' Discussion Guide Appendix 2: List of Focus Groups
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Oxford University Press EU Justice and Home Affairs Law
Book SynopsisEU Criminal Law, Policing, and Civil Law offers comprehensive coverage and expert analysis of every facet of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law concerning policing, criminal law, and cross-border civil cooperation. Fully updated to include the latest legislation and case law, this volume includes discussion of Europol, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor, fair trials laws, the European Arrest Warrant, the European Investigation Order, transfer of prisoners, EU rules on double jeopardy, exchange of policing information, interception of telecoms, and cross-border cooperation on civil cases. It also fully explains the EU''s relationship with the UK in this field after Brexit, as well as the EU''s arrangements with other non-EU countries.Steve Peers'' seminal text, EU Justice and Home Affairs Law, appears in its fifth edition and is available in two separate volumes covering asylum and immigration law and criminal law, policing, and civil law. This edition is the definitive guide to these intricate, contentious, and fast-developing areas of EU law, and will be invaluable to scholars, practitioners, and students in the field.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Institutional Framework 3: Criminal Law: Mutual Recognition 4: Criminal Law: Criminal Procedure 5: Substantive Criminal Law 6: Criminal Law: Jurisdiction, Coordination, and Prosecution 7: Policing and Security 8: Civil Cooperation
£175.00
Oxford University Press PolicyMaking in the EU
Book SynopsisWith unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage, this is the definitive guide to EU policy-making. The ninth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union provides students and scholars with a strong understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. In particular, it assesses policy-making in a more politicized context. Key Features:- Gives students a solid grounding in theories and empirics of EU policy-making- Details the processes and institutions central to EU policy-making- Analyses a wide range of policy areas in greater detail than any competing text, considering substantive material in both a practical and theoretical context- Concludes with a clear assessment of the challenges that have shaped and will continue to shape policy-making, including the politicization of the EU, Brexit, geopolitical shifts, and Covid-19New to the this edition:- Detailed assessments of the implications of greater geopolitical contestation, including Russia''s invasion of Ukraine in 2022- Evaluation of the implications of the UK''s departure for EU policy-makingCoverage of the EU''s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lasting impacts this has on EU policy-making
£40.84
Oxford University Press The Substantive Law of the EU
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Oxford University Press The Limits of Europe Membership Norms and the
Book SynopsisThis book is a multi-method study of the European Union's decision-making on enlargement over seven decades, showing how membership norms shape decision-making on which states are considered eligible to join the EU and which are not.Table of ContentsQuestions and Arguments 1: The Question of Membership 2: Explaining Membership Eligibility Membership Outcomes 3: The Evolution of EU Membership Norms 4: with Patrick D. Statsch: Membership Eligibility in Statistical and Comparative Perspective Membership Processes 5: Membership Eligibility in a Europe of Non-Communist States, 1957-1961 6: Membership Eligibility in a Europe of Parliamentary Democracies, 1962-1969 7: Membership Eligibility in a Europe of Liberal Democracies, 1970-2005 8: Membership Eligibility in a Divided Europe, 2006-present Conclusions and Implications 9: Rethinking Europe, rethinking regions with Patrick D. Statsch: Appendix: Imputing missing Freedom House data from V-Dem data
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Oxford University Press, USA Fundamentals of EU Law Revisited Assessing the Impact of the Constitutional Debate 16 Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law
Book SynopsisOpening with a discussion of the shifting conceptions of European democracy, this volume proceeds to look at key areas of substantive law against the backdrop of the Constitutional Treaty, from Foreign Relations to Fundamental Rights, Social Policy to Justice and Home Affairs. It also examines potential solutions to the constitutional crisis.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. European Democracy Between Two Ages ; 3. Direct effect, indirect effect, supremacy and the evolving constitution of the European Union ; 4. Respecting Fundamental Rights in the New Union: A Review ; 5. Social Policy Revisited in the Light of the Constitutional Debate ; 6. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and the European Union's Constitutional Dialogue ; 7. Unity and Pluralism in the EU's Foreign Relations Power ; 8. 'Euro-visions'? Some Thoughts on Prospects and Mechanisms for Future Constitutional Change in the European Union
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Oxford University Press Europe as Empire The Nature of the Enlarged European Union Paperback
Book SynopsisThis book seeks to comprehend the evolving nature of the European Union following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the failure of the European Constitution. Its prime focus is the last wave of enlargement that has profoundly transformed the EU. Although there are many parallels between the European integration process and state building processes, the Union is nothing like a Westphalian super state. The new emerging polity resembles a kind of neo-medieval empire with a polycentric system of government, multiple and overlapping jurisdictions, striking cultural and economic heterogeneity, fuzzy borders, and divided sovereignty. The book tries to spell out the origin, the shape, and the implications of this empire. The aim of this book is to suggest a novel way of thinking about the European Union and the process of European integration. The book shows ''two Europes'' coming together following the end of the cold war. It proposes a system of economic and democratic governance that meets thTrade ReviewEurope as Empire is an ambitious and an important book which presents a radical case for a Europe perpetually enlarging, perpetually decentralizing and finding new ways to bring accountability and legitimacy...Zielonka brings a passion for Europe along with a refreshing scepticism of its ambitions...and an ability to write clearly and elegantly, eschewing overly complex theory while also demonstrating considerable academic erudition. * EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW *Within elegant prose, through a careful balancing act of theoretical analysis and empirical data, Zielonka offers a persuasive new way of approaching issues which have become the focus of lively debate. Indeed, the care and sophistication with which the author approaches complex issues is enough to recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature - and future - of Europe. * Andrea Ott *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction: The Neo-Medieval Paradigm ; 1. Return to Europe ; 2. European Power Politics ; 3. Diversity and Adaptation ; 4. Economic Governance ; 5. Democratic Governance ; 6. Governance Beyond Borders ; 7. Implications of Neo-Medievalism ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press, USA Restructuring Europe
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the historical configuration of the territorial borders and functional boundaries of the European nation state. It presents integration as a process of boundary transcendence, redefinition, shift, and change that fundamentally alters the nature of the European states. Its core concern lies in the relationship between the specific institutional design of the new Brussels centre, the boundary redefinitions that result from its political production, and, finally, the consequences of these two elements on established and developing national European political structures. Integration is examined as a new historical phase in the development of Europe, characterized by a powerful trend toward legal, economic, and cultural de-differentiation after the five-century process of differentiation that led to the European system of nation states. Considering the EU as the formation of an enlarged territorial system, this work recovers some of the classic issues of political moderTrade ReviewReview from previous edition 'It is fascinating because Bartolini shares with us his broad and extensive knowledge of European history and politics. The parts where he cuts through disciplinary boundaries and decades, if not centuries, of history and politics are a pleasure to read. One cannot but admire scholars that have the gift of both perusing and condensing such a broad field of knowledge.' * EUSA review *Table of Contents1. A Theory of Exit Options, Boundary Building, and Political Structuring ; 2. Structuring Europe: The Experience of the 'Nation State' ; 3. Centre Formation in the European Union ; 4. The Political Production of the EU: Boundary Building and Boundary Removing ; 5. Political Structuring in Loosely Bounded Territories: Territorial and Corporate Structures ; 6. Electoral Representation in Loosely Bounded Territories: Mass Politics in the EU? ; 7. Restructuring Europe
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