The Lisbon Treaty
Subtitle: a legal and political analysis
By: Jean-Claude Piris.
Series: Cambridge studies in European law and policy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780521197922
Subjects: Treaty on European Union -- (1992). -- 2007 Dec. 13; Constitutional law -- European Union countries
Description: "This series aims to produce original works which contain a critical analysis of the state of the law in particular areas of European Law and set out different perspectives and suggestions for its future development. It also aims to encourage a range of work on law, legal institutions and legal phenomena in Europe, including l̀aw in context' approaches. The titles in the series will be of interest to academics; policymakers; policy formers who are interested in European legal, commercial and political affairs; practising lawyers including the judiciary; and advanced law students and researchers." "Given the controversies and difficulties which preceded the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, it is easy to forget that the Treaty is a complex legal document in need of detailed analysis for its impact to be fully understood. Jean-Claude Piris, the Director-General of the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union (EU), provides such an analysis, looking at the historical and political contexts of the Treaty, its impact on the democratic framework of the EU and its provisions in relation to substantive law. Impartial legal analysis of the EU's functions, its powers and the treaties which govern it make this the seminal text on the most significant recent development in EU law." "Since 1988, Jean-Claude Piris has served as the Legal Counsel of the Council of the EU and Director-General of its Legal Service. He is an Honorary Counsellor of State of France, a former diplomat at the UN and the former Director of Legal Affairs of the OECD. He was the Legal Advisor of the Successive Intergovernmental conferences which negotiated and adopted the treaties of Maastricht in 1992, Amsterdam in 1997 and Nice in 2001, the constitutional Treaty signed in Rome in 2004 and, finally, the Lisbon Treaty in 2007"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The process that led to the establishment of the European Union; title: The 2002; title: 2003 European Convention and the 2004   constitutional treaty and its failed ratification; title: From the constitutional treaty to the Lisbon Treaty; title: The difficult ratification of the Lisbon Treaty; title: The structure of the Lisbon Treaty; title: Values and objectives; title: Delimitation and clarification of the EU competences; title: Basic principles; title: The legal personality of the EU; title: Variable geometry; title: Legislative and non-legislative procedures and acts; title: Procedures for the revision of the treaties; title: Withdrawal of a member state from the EU; title: The European parliament; title: The national parliaments; title: The citizens' initiative and other possibilities for the citizens to influence decisions of the EU; title: The judgment of 30 June 2009 of the German constitutional court and  the issue of the democratic legitimacy of the EU; title: The origins of the EU Charter of fundamental rights; title: The Charter of fundamental rights as referred to in the Lisbon Treaty; title: The protocol on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom; title: The accession of the EU to the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms; title: A short history of justice and home affairs in the EU; title: The abolition of the third pillar and the other changes made by the Lisbon Treaty; title: Variable geometry in the area of freedom, security, and justice; title: The European Council; title: The Council; title: The Commission; title: The Court of Justice; title: Changes to other institutions and bodies; title: Relations between institutions and the inter-institutional balance; title: External affairs before the Lisbon Treaty; title: The high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy; title: The European external action service; title: The common foreign and security policy; title: Security and defence; title: Other sectors of external affairs, including trade policy; title: The EU budget; title: European monetary union and the Euro zone; title: The internal market and free competition; title: Social policy; title: Services of general interest; title: Agriculture, energy, health and other policies; title: Conclusion : the Lisbon Treaty and beyond.