TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boggero,Giovanni
TI  - Constitutional Principles of Local Self-Government in Europe
T2  - Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance Series
SN  - 9789004347243
AV  - KJC5873 .B644 2018 
U1  - 342.409 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Council of Europe
KW  - Local government-Law and legislation-Europe
KW  - International and municipal law-Europe
KW  - Constitutional law-Europe
KW  - Municipal government-Europe
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Foreword -- ‎Acknowledgments -- ‎Introduction. The European Charter of Local Self-Government as an International Treaty with Constitutional Significance -- ‎Chapter 1. The Historical Legitimacy of the Charter -- ‎I. The Roots of Chartered Rights of Local Authorities -- ‎1. Charters as a Medieval Invention -- ‎2. Municipal Freedom as a Common European Modern Narrative -- ‎3. Local Self-Government as Autonomie Locale -- ‎II. The Origins of the Charter within the Council of Europe -- ‎1. A Tool for Municipal Federalism or for Federal Municipalism? -- ‎2. The Rocky Path towards the Charter's Signature -- ‎3. The Efforts for Strengthening the Charter's Obligations -- ‎3.1. The European Charter on Local and Regional Finances -- ‎3.2. The European Charter of Regional Self-Government -- ‎3.3. The Additional Protocol to the Charter -- ‎III. The Normative Guidance Beyond the Originary Council of Europe Borders -- ‎Chapter 2. The Charter as a Source of International, EU and Domestic Law -- ‎I. International Treaty Law -- ‎1. Undertakings à la Carte (Articles 1 and 12) -- ‎2. Techniques of Interpretation of the Charter -- ‎2.1. The Context of the Treaty: Subsequent Practice and Evolutive Approach -- ‎2.2. Council of Europe's Established Practice -- ‎2.3. The "Margin of Appreciation" and the "Core Area" Doctrines -- ‎3. Sources of Monitoring Mechanisms -- ‎3.1. The "Weak" Monitoring Mechanism of the Charter (Article 14) -- ‎3.2. The "Strong" Monitoring Mechanism of the Congress -- ‎3.2.1. Legal Basis in Council of Europe Law -- ‎3.2.1.1. Monitoring Ex Officio -- ‎3.2.1.2. Monitoring upon Request -- ‎3.2.2. Legal Nature of Recommendations and Resolutions -- ‎3.3. Monitoring Mechanisms as a Tool for Ensuring Developmental Interpretation -- ‎II. The Charter's Guarantees as General Principles of EU Law?; ‎III. The Rank of the Charter under Domestic Law of Council of Europe Member States -- ‎Chapter 3. Concept and Design of Local Self-Government in Europe -- ‎I. The Charter's Concept of Local Self-Government -- ‎1. Government: Substantial Share of Public Affairs -- ‎2. Local Government: Territorial Local Authorities -- ‎3. Local Self-Government: Own Responsibility and Democracy -- ‎3.1. Deliberative Bodies Ought to be Elected, Executive Bodies Can be Appointed -- ‎3.2. Universal Direct Suffrage -- ‎3.2.1. An Institutional Right to Direct Election in the Charter -- ‎3.2.2. An Individual Right to Direct Election in Protocol I ECHR -- ‎3.3. The Free Mandate of Local Elected Representatives -- ‎3.3.1. The Right to Compensation -- ‎3.3.2. The Incompatibilities Regime -- ‎3.4. Citizens as Holders of Other Limited Rights: Direct and Participatory Democracy -- ‎4. Constitutional Local Self-Government: Constitutional Guarantees -- ‎5. Conclusion-Institutional Arrangement of Neo-Corporatist Nature? -- ‎II. Institutional Design of Local Self-Government -- ‎1. The Principles and Rights on Allocation of Powers and Responsibilities -- ‎1.1. The Right to a Substantial Share of Basic Powers and Responsibilities Rooted in Law -- ‎1.2. The Right to Universal Jurisdiction of Local Authorities Closest to the Citizens -- ‎1.3. The Vertical Subsidiarity Principle as a Double Sided Coin: Decentralisation and Re-Centralisation -- ‎1.4. The Principle of Full and Exclusive Powers and Responsibilities -- ‎2. The Duty to Consult as a Principle of Loyal Cooperation -- ‎3. A Limited Right to Territorial Integrity -- ‎4. Freedom of Organisation -- ‎4.1. The Power to Shape and Adapt Administrative Structures -- ‎4.2. The Power of Staff-Recruitment and Principles on Conditions of Service -- ‎5. The Right to a Limited Administrative Supervision; ‎5.1. Supervisory Procedures Established by Means of Law -- ‎5.2. Administrative Supervision Confined to Legality -- ‎5.3. Administrative Supervision Pursuant to Proportionality -- ‎6. Rights and Principles Ensuring Adequate Financial Conditions -- ‎6.1. The Principle of Adequate Own Financial Resources -- ‎6.2. The Principle of Concomitant Financing: Mandatory Compensation for Additional Tasks -- ‎6.3. The Right to Financial Autonomy: Local Taxes and Tax-Rate Fixation -- ‎6.4. Principles of Diversified and Buoyant Local Finance Systems -- ‎6.5. The Duty of the State to Establish Reasonable Equalisation Procedures -- ‎6.6. The Right to Consultation for the Establishment of Equalisation Procedures -- ‎6.7. General Purpose Grants Instead of Earmarked Grants -- ‎6.8. Taking Out Loans as a Residual Tool of Financing -- ‎7. The Right to Free Cooperation and Association -- ‎7.1. The Right to Inter-Municipal Cooperation -- ‎7.1.1. The Right to Cooperation and the Limits Set to be Coerced into It -- ‎7.1.2. The Right to Enter Interterritorial Cooperation Agreements -- ‎7.2. Association as a Freedom under the Charter, but not under the ECHR -- ‎8. The Right to a Judicial Remedy -- ‎III. Conclusions -- ‎Chapter 4. The Relevance of the Charter for International and Comparative Public Law -- ‎I. Advancing Public International Law -- ‎II. Establishing a European Constitutional Local Government Law -- ‎III. Integrating Different Local Government Models -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index
N2  - In Constitutional Principles of Local Self-Government in Europe Giovanni Boggero offers a meticulous account of the defining features of European constitutional local government law using both an international and comparative law perspective
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