Lisbon Treaty - A Legal and Political Analysis

Informationen zum Autor 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 to the UN and the former Director of Legal Affairs of the OECD. He was the Legal Advisor of the successive Inter-Governmental Conferences which negotiated and adopted the treaties of Maastricht in 1992, Amsterdam in 1997, Nice in 2001, the Constitutional Treaty signed in Rome in 2004 and, finally, the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007. Klappentext An in-depth, impartial and informed description of the Lisbon Treaty's legal features, in their historical and political context. Zusammenfassung This impartial legal analysis of the Lisbon Treaty's historical and political context explores the EU's purpose! its powers and the treaties which govern it. Jean-Claude Piris! the Director General of the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union! provides an authoritative assessment of primary law in the EU. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Origins and birth of the Treaty of Lisbon; 2. General provisions; 3. Democracy; 4. Fundamental rights; 5. Freedom, security and justice; 6. Institutions; 7. External affairs; 8. Financial, economic, social and other internal affairs; 9. Conclusion: the Treaty of Lisbon and beyond; 10. Annexes.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Claude Piris, Piris Jean-Claude
• Assisted by: Angela Merkel (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521197922
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19792-2
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European; Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources