Nordic Cooperation and the European Union
Description
Initially rooted in informal, intergovernmental dialogue among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, Nordic cooperation now finds itself amidst deeper developments taking place in EU law and EEA law. After the Second World War, Europe embraced binding legal commitments vis-a-vis individuals and each other, beginning with human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and later economic integration through the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and then the European Economic Communities (EEC), which is today, the EU, and by extension, the European Economic Area (EEA). For the Nordic states, such developments have created dual loyalties: to each other, in the form of cooperation; but also, to wider Europe, in the form of integration.
Given the differentiated form of legal integration with Europe in the Nordic states, and how the EU has transformed well beyond a mere form of economic integration, Nordic cooperation has taken on new meaning. Nordic Cooperation and the European Union: 50 Years of Legal Integration brings together academics, scholars, and judges to understand, elucidate, and explain the interplay of legal regimes, including the complex processes of legal systems and legal cultures adapting to each other over a time span of fifty years. It brings forth a new way of thinking about Nordic cooperation amidst wider European legal integration, adopting a comprehensive, comparative approach. It examines both the upward influence of the Nordic states on EU and EEA law, and the downward impact of EU and EEA law on the national legal orders of the Nordic states. Spanning five decades of developments, it offers a panoramic view of legal developments and anticipates the future role of Nordic cooperation when classical forms of such international cooperation are operating in parallel with EU and EEA law.
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Persons
Helle Krunke is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Content
Part I - Introduction
1. Introduction: 50 Years of Nordic-EU Legal Integration, Graham Butler (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Helle Krunke
Part II - Nordic Legal Culture in the European Union
2. History and Contextualisation of Nordic Cooperation and European Integration, Jaakko Husa (University of Helsinki, Finland)
3. Constitutional Foundations, Tuomas Ojanen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
4. Nordic Legal Family, Culture, and Identity, Helle Krunke (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
5. Nordic-EU Legal Integration: The Ins and the Outs, Graham Butler (Aarhus University, Denmark)
6. Trust Beyond the State, Eva Storskrubb (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Part III - The Downward Legal Impact of Integration
7. The Executive and the Legislature, and Implementation of EU/EEA Law, Anna Jonsson Cornell (Uppsala University, Sweden)
8. National Courts and Tribunals, and the Application of EU/EEA Law, Carl Lebeck (Stockholm University, Sweden)
9. Administrative Law, Henrik Wenander (Lund University, Sweden)
10. Procedural Law, Anna Wallerman Ghavanini (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
11. Criminal Law, Jacob Öberg (Orebo University, Sweden)
Part IV - The Upward Legal Impact of Integration
12. Human Rights, Martin Scheinin (European University Institute, Italy)
13. Rule of Law, Pekka Pohjankoski (University of Helsinki, Finland)
14. Healthcare and Welfare, Mette Hartlev (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Katharina Ó Cathaoir (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
15. Transparency, Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki, Finland)
16. Gender Equality, Eva-Maria Svensson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Part V - Reflections on the Nordic states in European Law: Past, Present, and Future
17. The View from Luxembourg, Niilo Jääskinen (Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg)
18. The View from Strasbourg, Erik O Wennerström (European Court of Human Rights, France)
19. The View from a National Constitutional and Supreme Court, Björg Thorarensen (University of Iceland)
20. Conclusion: The Future of Nordic and European Legal Integration, Graham Butler (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Helle Krunke (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)