Law and New Governance in the EU and the US

New approaches to governance have attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. Commentators on both sides of the Atlantic have identified, charted and evaluated the rise and spread of forms of governance, forms which seem to differ from previous regulatory and legal paradigms. In Europe, the emergence of the Open Method of Coordination has provided a focal point for new governance studies. In the US, scholarship on issues such as collaborative problem-solving, democratic experimentalism, and problem-solving courts exemplify the interest in similar developments. This book covers diverse policy sectors and subjects, including the environment, education, anti-discrimination, food safety and many others. While some chapters concentrate on the operation of new governance mechanisms in a federal and multilevel context and others look at the relationship between public and private mechanisms and settings, what all the contributors share in common is the pursuit of effective mechanisms for addressing complex social problems, and the challenges they raise for our understanding of law and constitutionalism, and of legal and constitutional values.>

About the author

Gráinne de Búrca is Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, New York.
Joanne Scott is Professor of European Law at University College, London.

Product details

• Authors: Grainne de Burca, De Burca, Grainne Scott De Burca, Joanne Scott
• Assisted by: Gráinne de Búrca (Editor), Grainne De Burca (Editor), Joanne Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2006
• EAN: 9781841135434
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-543-4
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Essays in European Law; Essays in European Law
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law