Law Making In The European Union Book

	Preface
	Introduction
	Table of Cases
	Table of European Law
Pt. I	Democracy and Legitimacy
1	European Models: Polity, People and System	3
2	Democracy and Rulemaking within the EC: An Empirical and Normative Assessment	33
3	The Constitutional Consequences of Lawmaking in the Third Pillar of the European Union	65
4	New Institutionalism and European Union Legal Studies	89
5	Constitutional Politics: The Reciprocal Impact of Lawmaking and Constitutional Adjudication	111
Pt. II	Parliaments
6	"The Style and the Machinery": The Role of the European Parliament in the EU's Legislative Processes	137
7	The Co-Decision Procedure: Rethinking the Constitutional Fundamentals	147
8	Harmonisation under Community Law: The Comitology Issue	169
9	The Politics of Information: U.S. Congress and European Parliament	187
10	National Parliaments and the European Union: Where to from here?	209
11	The Committee of European Affairs of the Danish Parliament (The Folketing): How to maintain some parliamentary control of the legislative power of the Combined Executives in the Council of Minister	223
Pt. III	Institutional Interaction
12	Lawmaking under the Social Chapter of Maastricht	239
13	The Future of Social Policy-Making in the European Union	262
14	A Hard Look at Soft Law	285
15	"Soft Law" in EC Consumer Law	310
16	The Interplay of the Commission and the Court of Justice in Giving Effect to the Right to Provide Financial Services	332
17	Creating a Directive on Pluralism and the Media Concentration: A Case Study of the European Union Legislative Process	343
18	Accountability of Interest Groups in the Union Lawmaking Process	354
19	Social Law in the European Union: The Impact of the Lawmaking Process	386
20	Animal Passions, Animal Welfare and European Policy Making	412
Pt. IV	Harmonisation, Implementation and Incorporation
21	Better Lawmaking? An Evaluation of Lawmaking in the European Community	435
22	Going Dutch: Problems and Policies Concerning the Implementation of EU Legislation in the Netherlands	454
23	Implementing EC Law in France: The Role of the French Conseil D'Etat	479
24	Legal Techniques for Implementing Directives: A Case Study of Public Procurement	491
25	Harmonising European Patent Laws: Why so Little Call for an Appellate System?	511
26	The Legislative Process and the Institutions of the European Union: A Case Study of the Development of European Company Law	529
	Index	545