Executive power of the European Union : law, practices, and the living constitution / [electronic resource]
Curtin, Deirdre.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2009.
The picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising arbitrary executive powers is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. This book offers a richer understanding of the nature of the EU's powers, how they relate to national governments, and how they are controlled.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-337) and index.
Geology of the European Union -- Externalizing national executive power -- Balancing executive power -- Political executive power -- Administrative executive power -- Satellite executive power -- Unitary executive power -- Transparent executive power -- Accountable executive power -- Making visible the invisible.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising arbitrary executive powers is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. This book offers a richer understanding of the nature of the EU's powers, how they relate to national governments, and how they are controlled.
Description based on print version record.
Executive power
Constitutional law
Executive power
Constitutional law
Law - Europe, except U.K.
Law - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government