Reinforcing rule of law oversight in the European Union / / edited by Carlos Closa, Dimitry Kochenov [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136601303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-316-78930-6; 1-316-79218-8; 1-316-79266-8; 1-107-51980-2; 1-316-25877-7; 1-316-79314-1; 1-316-79506-3; 1-316-79362-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: 12.38
• Disciplina: 340.11
• Soggetti: Rule of law - European Union countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Nov 2016).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Introduction: How to Save the EU's Rule of Law and Should One Bother?; Part I Establishing Normative Foundations; 1 Reinforcing EU Monitoring of the Rule of Law: Normative Arguments, Institutional Proposals and the Procedural Limitations; 2 Beyond Legality - Before Democracy: Rule of Law Caveats in the EU Two-Level System; 3 Overseeing the Rule of Law in the EU: Legal Mandate and Means; 4 Protecting Democracy inside the EU: On Article 7 TEU and the Hungarian Turn to AuthoritarianismPart II Proposing New Approaches; 5 Enforcing the Basic Principles of EU Law through Systemic Infringement Actions; 6 Mutual Trust: The Virtue of Reciprocity - Strengthening the Acceptance of the Rule of Law through Peer Review; 7 The Rule of Law and the Role of Fundamental Rights: Seven Practical Pointers; 8 The Potential of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for the Development of the Rule of Law Indicators; 9 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as the Most Promising Way of Enforcing the Rule of Law against EU Member States10 Protecting the Rule of Law (and Democracy!) in the EU: The Idea of a Copenhagen Commission; 11 From Copenhagen to Venice; Part III Identifying Deeper Problems; 12 EU Democratic Oversight and Domestic Deviation from the Rule of Law: Sociological Reflections; 13 Why Improve EU Oversight of Rule of Law?: The Two-Headed Problem of Defending Liberal Democracy and Fighting Corruption; 14 The Missing EU Rule of Law?; Epilogue: Living in a Glass House: Europe, Democracy and the Rule of LawIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides the definitive reference point on all the issues pertaining to dealing with the 'crisis of the rule of law' in the European Union. Both Member State and EU levels are considered. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the concrete legal bases and instruments that the EU may avail itself of for enforcing rule of law, and the volume clearly demonstrates that a number of legally sound ways of rule of law oversight are available. Contributors are leading scholars who assess the potential role to be played by the various bodies in the context of dealing with the EU's rule of law imperfections.