Archive for November 2016

(1) School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK   A. Introduction In the previous chapter, it was shown that the EU is a ‘multilevel system’, of which the sub-national authorities are an integral part. The existence of such a ‘multilevel’ and ‘multidimensional’ EU requires the development of principles . . . Read more

(1) School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK   A. The EU Polycentric System of Governance A territorial authority is the expression of a territorial community that normally includes all the people who reside in a certain larger or smaller territory. Among the territorial authorities, the state reflects . . . Read more

(1) School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK   A. Introduction The driving idea of subsidiarity is that public functions should be exercised as close as possible to the citizen. Only if the ‘closest’ authority is not in a position to perform a function or to do it . . . Read more

(1) School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK   A. Introduction The emergence of the ‘Third Level’, i.e. the sub-national dimension of the EU, raises the question of the status of the sub-state authorities in the EU. Are these authorities full European players in their own right (i.e., . . . Read more

(1) School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK   A. Why a Legal Study of Multilevel Governance? The notion of ‘governance’ is typically used to indicate a new mode of governing that is distinct from the hierarchical model of the past. It is a cooperative mode of governing . . . Read more

(1) School of Law, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK   A Sub-national authorities are an integral part of the European edifice and enjoy rights and duties in accordance with the asymmetric constitutional mosaic resulting from the combination of EU and domestic constitutional laws (multilevel constitutionalism theory). A number of . . . Read more