The Lisbon Treaty : a Legal and Political Analysis.

An in-depth, impartial and informed description of the Lisbon Treaty's legal features, in their historical and political context.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Piris, Jean-Claude
Other Authors: Merkel, Angela
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Cambridge studies in European law and policy.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Abbreviations; Introduction; I The origins and birth of the Lisbon Treaty; II General provisions; III Democracy; IV Fundamental rights; V Freedom, security and justice; VI Institutions; VII External affairs; VIII Financial, economic, social and other internal affairs; Conclusion: the Lisbon Treaty and beyond; Appendix 1 The judgment of 30 June 2009 of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany on the Lisbon Treaty.
  • Appendix 2 The judgment of 26 November 2008 of the Czech Constitutional Court on the Lisbon TreatyAppendix 3 List of provisions on a simplified revision procedure and of passerelles; Appendix 4 Existing legal bases switched to the ordinary legislative procedure (codecision); Appendix 5 New legal bases; Appendix 6 List of articles in the TEU and in the TFEU which enable the European Council to take decisions having legal effects; Appendix 7 Existing legal bases switched from unanimity to qualified majority voting.
  • Appendix 8 Pre-existing legal bases where unanimity, common accord or consensus continues to applyReferences; Index.