Centralized enforcement, legitimacy, and good governance in the EU [[electronic resource] /] / Melanie Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454912303321
• Autore: Smith Melanie K
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2009
• ISBN: 1-135-21226-0; 1-282-28449-5; 9786612284496; 0-203-87239-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Research in European Union Law ; ; v.v. 1
• Disciplina: 342.24041
• Soggetti: Police power - European Union countries; Law - European Union countries; Law enforcement - European Union countries; Legitimacy of governments - European Union countries; Electronic books.; European Union countries Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface and acknowledgements; Contents; Figures; Tables; Table of equivalences; Table of cases; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Mind the accountability gap - administrative law and legitimate governance; 3 Conceptualising democracy, legitimacy and the development of good governance in the EU; 4 Political enforcement, neutral guardianship and legal uniformity; 5 The policy on centralised enforcement: technocratic legitimacy, special relationships and the turn from good governance; 6 The impact of the European Ombudsman: breaking down barriers to procedural legitimacy7 Centralised enforcement, legitimacy and good governance - conclusions; Appendix: Research method and interview data; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Article 226 EC is the central mechanism of enforcement in the EC Treaty, and has remained unchanged since the original Treaty of Rome. ; It provides the European Commission, as guardian of the Treaty, with a broad power of policing Member States' conduct. Article 226 has been traditionally characterised as an arena of secretive negotiation focused on the sole function of effective enforcement. This study seeks to move beyond this approach by characterising Article 226 as a multi-functional mechanism within the Treaty. It does this by examining the central mechanism of enforcement through the