Ec Membership and the Judicialization of British Politics

Zusatztext ... fascinating book ... provides a refreshingly new perspective ... this is a highly readable and very useful book, which is accessible to EU and public law specialists alike, as well as to students. Informationen zum Autor Danny Nicol is Senior Lecturer in Law at London Guildhall University Klappentext The Law Lords have attributed the supremacy of European Community law in Britain to Parlaiment's 'entirely voluntary' surrender of sovereignty. This book describes, from a Parliamentary perspective, how sovereignty was actually lost. It charts the evolution of MP's constitutional understandings of EC membership and the transformation from a constitution based on politics to one based on law. Zusammenfassung The Law Lords have attributed the supremacy of European Community law in Britain to Parliament's 'entirely voluntary' surrender of sovereignty. This study tells the parliamentary story of how sovereignty came to be lost. It charts the evolution of MPs' constitutional understandings of EC membership and the transformation from a constitution based on politics to one based on law. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The First Two Attempts to Join the EEC 3: The Heath White Paper and the Vote on Entry 4: The Passage of the European Communities Bill 1972 5: The Irish Comparison 6: From Accession to `Factortame' 7: From `Factortame' to the Working Time Directive Case 8: The Bill of Rights Comparison 9: Conclusion Bibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Danny Nicol, Danny ( Nicol, Danny (Senior Lecturer in Law Nicol, Nicol Danny
• Con la collaborazione di: Paul Craig (Editore), Grainne De Burca (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.12.2001
• EAN: 9780199247790
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924779-0
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Oxford Studies in European Law; Oxford Studies in European Law
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; England, Wales, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, Politics & government, British & Irish history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, EU (European Union), Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Wales / Cymru