Trilogues - The Democratic Secret of European Legislation

"Provides an account of the European legislative process that does justice to the democratic potential inherent in trilogues. In particular, the book offers a systematic appreciation of the relevant legal sources and draws on the insights of legal and political scholarship"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A historical reconstruction; 2. Setting the stage: the European institutional triangle; 3. Unpacking the law and practice of trilogues; 4. Trilogues: informality meets positive law; 5. Inter-chamber coordination in a comparative perspective; 6. Trilogues and European democracy; Conclusions; Bibliography.

About the author

Giacomo Rugge is currently working as Legal Advisor in the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union. He was Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg and Contract Agent at the European Parliament's Legal Service. He holds a degree in law from the Catholic University of Milan and a PhD from the Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main. He has extensively published in leading international journals on EU law.

Summary

Provides an account of the European legislative process that does justice to the democratic potential inherent in trilogues. In particular, the book offers a systematic appreciation of the relevant legal sources and draws on the insights of legal and political scholarship.

Foreword

Unpacks the law and practice of trilogues, while placing them in the context of the European legislative process and its democratic principles.

Product details

• Authors: Giacomo Rugge, Giacomo (Council of the European Union) Rugge
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2024
• EAN: 9781009445207
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0944520-7
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, EU (European Union), International Organisations & Institutions, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general