Judicial review
Subtitle: a comparative analysis inside the European legal system
By: edited by S. Galera
Contributors: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9789287167231
Subjects: Grundlagar; Rule of law; Gesetzgebung; Judicial review; Constitutional law; Offentlig rätt; Rechtsstelsels; Europäische Union; Gesetzgebende Gewalt; Rechtsvergleichung; Système judiciaire; Rechtssystem; Rechtsvergleich; Verfassungsgericht; Europarat; UE/CE Union européenne; Droit constitutionnel; Rättsstat
Description: "The traditional state model, based on a domestic approach to rule of law, is currently evolving towards a new one, where international factors and relations play a prominent role. This trend is also characterized by the pre-eminence of executive powers, along with a weakening of parliamentary balances and judicial controls. This work seeks to answer two essential questions concerning the rule of law: how can citizens challenge public decisions affecting them, and what kinds of public decisions can be judicially controlled. Two groups of legal regulations are considered in this analysis: the so-called European legal tradition, covering nine national laws strongly influenced by Council of Europe legal standards since 1950, and the more recent body of European Union law. The authors conclude that the issue of individual guarantees vis-à-vis public powers should be carefully monitored in Europe."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Preliminary; title: Law as a limit to power : the origins of the rule of law in the European tradition / B. Aguilera; title: European constitutionalism after the Second World War / R. Arnold; title: Part II. The European legal tradition; title: National legal tradition : Czech Republic / S. Skulová; title: National legal tradition : France / C. Lageot; title: National legal tradition : Hungary / P. Kovács; title: National legal tradition / Romania / D. Dragos; title: National legal tradition : Spain / P. Acosta; title: National legal tradition : Sweden / G. Edelstam; title: National legal tradition : United Kingdom / D. Nassimpian; title: European regional tradition : The Council of Europe / J. Ruiloba and S. Galera; title: Part III. The European Union legal order; title: The EU's first pillar : constitutional basis / S. Galera; title: The EU's second pillar : foreign and security policy / F. Jiménez García; title: The EU's third pillar : police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters / F. Jiménez; title: Part IV. The European legal system : a complex legal order; title: European legal tradition and the EU legal system : understandings and premises about the rule of law's requirements / S. Galera; title: The European contribution to an emerging global law / S. Galera; title: Appendix: Council of Europe. Recommendation Rec(2004)20 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on judicial review of administrative acts.