Evolving Role of National Parliaments in the European Union - Ireland As a Case Study

The evolution in parliaments' roles, the reasons for this and the challenges that lie in wait for future progress are all considered, with Ireland's stop-start parliamentary adaptation, the role of the Lisbon Treaty and economic crises in accelerating reform carefully analysed.

List of contents

Preface
1. The development of a role for national parliaments in the European Union
2. Why are we augmenting the role of national parliaments in European affairs? Should we continue to do so?
3. A slow adaptor? Eliciting a response from the Irish parliament to European integration
4. The Lisbon Treaty and economic crisis: catalysts for reform of the Oireachtas role in European Union affairs
5. Where we stand now: an overview of the role of the Oireachtas in European Union affairs
6. Looking to the future: reflections on how the role of the Irish parliament in European affairs might be improved
Index

About the author

Gavin Barrett is Jean Monnet Professor of European Constitutional and Economic Law and a
Professor at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin

Summary

The evolution in parliaments’ roles, the reasons for this and the challenges that lie in wait for future progress are all considered, with Ireland’s stop-start parliamentary adaptation, the role of the Lisbon Treaty and economic crises in accelerating reform carefully analysed. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Gavin Barrett, Barrett Gavin
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781784993214
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-321-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ireland, Politics and government, EU (European Union), Constitution: government & the state, Central / national / federal government, EU & European institutions, Government powers, Constitution: government and the state, Parliamentary and legislative practice, Parliamentary & Legislative Practice