The Division of Competences between the EU and the Member States
Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future
Published on 20. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-5099-3654-0 (ISBN)
Description
The issue of competence division is of fundamental importance as it reflects the 'power bargain' struck between the Member States and their Union, determining the limits of the authority of the EU as well as the limits of the authority of the Member States. It defines the nature of the EU as a polity, as well as the identity of the Member States. After over six years since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, it is high time to take stock of whether the reforms that were adopted to make the Union's system of division of competences between the EU Member States clearer, more coherent, and better at containing European integration, have been successful. This book asks whether 'the competence problem' has finally been solved.
Given the fundamental importance of this question, this publication will be of interest to a wide audience, from constitutional and substantive EU law scholars to practitioners in the EU institutions and EU legal practice more generally.
Given the fundamental importance of this question, this publication will be of interest to a wide audience, from constitutional and substantive EU law scholars to practitioners in the EU institutions and EU legal practice more generally.
Reviews / Votes
Each contribution in this book is well-written and relatively brief, making individual chapters ideal for academics, advanced graduate students and legal professionals. The introductory chapters expertly describe the competence landscape post-Lisbon, and subsequent issue area chapters illustrate the difficulties of determining exclusive or shared competence... Overall, the timing of this book could not be better: the issue of the division of competences has consequences for every current debate facing the EU, not the least of which is its own survival. -- Tracy H Slagter, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh * Journal of Common Market Studies * [The book's] value consists in its stimulating in-depth study of selected issues and in the courage shown by many of the authors in submitting proposals to improve the distribution of jurisdiction (and the powers of the institutions) in order to increase the legitimacy of the present interaction between national and European jurisdictions. -- Roland Bieber * Common Market Law Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-3654-0 (9781509936540)
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Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future
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Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future
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Sacha Garben | Inge Govaere
The Division of Competences between the EU and the Member States
Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future
E-Book
10/2017
1st Edition
Hart Publishing
€46.49
Available for download
Persons
Sacha Garben is Professor of EU Law at the College of Europe.
Inge Govaere is Professor of European Law, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Legal Studies at Ghent University and Director, Ghent European Law Institute (GELI) as well as Director of the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe.
Inge Govaere is Professor of European Law, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Legal Studies at Ghent University and Director, Ghent European Law Institute (GELI) as well as Director of the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe.
Content
Part I: General Reflections
1. The Division of Competences between the EU and the Member States: Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future
Sacha Garben and Inge Govaere
2. The Competence Divide of the Lisbon Treaty Six Years After
Christiaan Timmermans
3. Classifying EU Competences: German Constitutional Lessons?
Robert Schuetze
Part II: Areas of Complementary, Shared and Exclusive EU Competence
4. Exclusive Member State Competences-Is There Such a Thing?
Bruno De Witte
5. The Competence to Create an Internal Market: Conceptual Poverty and Unbalanced Interests
Gareth Davies
6. Monetary Policy: An Exclusive Competence Only in Name?
Michael Waibel
7. The EU's Exclusive Competence in Competition Law
Pablo Ibanez Colomo
8. EU External Competence-Rationales for Exclusivity
Marise Cremona
9. Competence, Human Rights, and Asylum: What Price Mutual Recognition?
Takis Tridimas
Part III: Practical Perspectives
10. The Exclusive Competences of the European Union: Some Random Jottings
Kieran Bradley
11. The Lisbon Treaty's Competence Arrangement Viewed from European Commission Practice
Karen Banks
12. The Lisbon Treaty's Competence Arrangement Viewed by the European Parliament
Maria Jose Martinez Iglesias
13. The Institutional Politics of Objective Choice: Competence as a Framework for Argumentation
Paeivi Leino
Part IV: Critical Refl ections on Legitimacy and Proposals for Reform
14. Integration through Soft Law: No Competence Needed? Juridical and Bio-Power in the Realm of Soft Law
Mark Dawson
15. Refining the Division of Competences in the EU: National Discretion in EU Legislation
Ton van den Brink
16. The Shifting Powers of the European Parliament: Democratic Legitimacy and the Competences of the European Union
Gregorio Garzon Clariana
17. De-constitutionalisation of European Law: The Re-empowerment of Democratic Political Choice
Fritz W Scharpf
18. Restating the Problem of Competence Creep, Tackling Harmonisation by Stealth and Reinstating the Legislator
Sacha Garben
1. The Division of Competences between the EU and the Member States: Reflections on the Past, the Present and the Future
Sacha Garben and Inge Govaere
2. The Competence Divide of the Lisbon Treaty Six Years After
Christiaan Timmermans
3. Classifying EU Competences: German Constitutional Lessons?
Robert Schuetze
Part II: Areas of Complementary, Shared and Exclusive EU Competence
4. Exclusive Member State Competences-Is There Such a Thing?
Bruno De Witte
5. The Competence to Create an Internal Market: Conceptual Poverty and Unbalanced Interests
Gareth Davies
6. Monetary Policy: An Exclusive Competence Only in Name?
Michael Waibel
7. The EU's Exclusive Competence in Competition Law
Pablo Ibanez Colomo
8. EU External Competence-Rationales for Exclusivity
Marise Cremona
9. Competence, Human Rights, and Asylum: What Price Mutual Recognition?
Takis Tridimas
Part III: Practical Perspectives
10. The Exclusive Competences of the European Union: Some Random Jottings
Kieran Bradley
11. The Lisbon Treaty's Competence Arrangement Viewed from European Commission Practice
Karen Banks
12. The Lisbon Treaty's Competence Arrangement Viewed by the European Parliament
Maria Jose Martinez Iglesias
13. The Institutional Politics of Objective Choice: Competence as a Framework for Argumentation
Paeivi Leino
Part IV: Critical Refl ections on Legitimacy and Proposals for Reform
14. Integration through Soft Law: No Competence Needed? Juridical and Bio-Power in the Realm of Soft Law
Mark Dawson
15. Refining the Division of Competences in the EU: National Discretion in EU Legislation
Ton van den Brink
16. The Shifting Powers of the European Parliament: Democratic Legitimacy and the Competences of the European Union
Gregorio Garzon Clariana
17. De-constitutionalisation of European Law: The Re-empowerment of Democratic Political Choice
Fritz W Scharpf
18. Restating the Problem of Competence Creep, Tackling Harmonisation by Stealth and Reinstating the Legislator
Sacha Garben