Law and Governance in Postnational Europe: Compliance Beyond the Nation-State (Themes in European Governance)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 2/28/2011
EAN 9780521176361, ISBN10: 0521176360

Paperback, 312 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Language: English

This 2005 book argues that Europeanization and globalization have led to ever-more intensive legalization at transnational level. What accounts for compliance beyond the nation-state? The authors tackle this question by comparing compliance with regulations that have been formulated in a very similar way at different levels of governance. They test compliance with rules at the national level, at the regional level (EU), and at a global level (WTO), finding that in fact the EU has higher levels of compliance than both international and national rules. The authors argue that this is because the EU has a higher level of legalization, combined with effective monitoring mechanisms and sanctions. In this respect it seems that the European Union has indeed achieved a high level of legalization and compliance, though the authors add that this achievement does not settle the related queries with the legitimacy of transnational governance and law.

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Notes on contributors
Preface
1. Introduction
law and compliance at different levels Michael Zürn
2. The analysis of compliance with international rules
definitions, variables and methodology Jürgen Neyer and Dieter Wolf
3. State aid control at the national, European and international level Dieter Wolf
4. Domestic limits of supranational law
comparing compliance with European and international foodstuffs regulations Jürgen Neyer
5. Politics of intergovernmental redistribution
comparing compliance with European and federal redistributive regulations Jürgen Neyer
6. Conclusions - the conditions of compliance Michael Zürn and Jürgen Neyer
7. Compliance research in legal perspectives Christian Joerges
References
Index.