Soft Law in European Community Law.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Soft Law Acts -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Lawmaking in EC Law -- 1. Setting the Scene -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 THE CONTEXT OF EC LEGISLATION -- 1.3 CORE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EC LEGISLATIVE PROCESS -- 1.4 THE CRISIS IN EC LEGISLATION -- 1.5 THE CHALLENGE: ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS, LEGITIMACY AND TRANSPARENCY OF COMMUNITY ACTION -- 1.6 MEETING THE CHALLENGE: A NEW LEGISLATIVE POLICY -- 1.7 COMMUNITY SOFT LAW: AN ALTERNATIVE TO LEGISLATION? -- 2. Sources of EC Law and EC Legislation -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 CLASSIFICATION INTO PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SOURCES OF LAW -- 2.3 PRIMARY SOURCES -- 2.4 SECONDARY SOURCES -- 2.5 TERTIARY SOURCES -- 2.6 'IN-BETWEEN' SOURCES -- 2.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 3. Guiding Principles for Legislation -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 A BROAD CONCEPTION OF LEGITIMACY: DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW -- 3.3 DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY REQUIREMENT -- 3.4 RULE OF LAW REQUIREMENT: THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFERRED POWERS -- 3.5 RULE OF LAW REQUIREMENT: THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY -- 3.6 RULE OF LAW REQUIREMENT: GOOD GOVERNANCE -- 3.7 CONCLUSIONS -- Part II: Community Soft Law Instruments -- 4. Introduction to the Concept of Soft Law in EC Law -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 TERMINOLOGY -- 4.3 A DEFINITION OF SOFT LAW -- 4.4 HETEROGENEITY OF THE PHENOMENON OF SOFT LAW -- 4.5 PREREQUISITES FOR SOFT LAW TO FUNCTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LEGISLATION -- 4.6 A FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOFT LAW INSTRUMENTS -- 4.7 APPROACH AND DELIMITATION -- 5. Categories and Functions of Soft Law -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 PREPARATORY AND INFORMATIVE INSTRUMENTS -- 5.3 INTERPRETATIVE AND DECISIONAL INSTRUMENTS -- 5.4 FORMAL STEERING INSTRUMENTS -- 5.5 NON-FORMAL STEERING INSTRUMENTS -- 5.6 CONCLUSIONS.

Part III: Legal Issues of Community Soft Law -- 6. Legally Binding Force -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 THE UMBRELLA CONCEPT OF 'LEGAL EFFECT' -- 6.3 A GENERAL PRECONDITION: NO DEROGATION FROM HARD LAW -- 6.4 'INHERENT' LEGALLY BINDING FORCE -- 6.5 'INCIDENTAL' LEGALLY BINDING FORCE ON THE BASIS OF SUBSTANCE (I) -- 6.6 'INCIDENTAL' LEGALLY BINDING FORCE ON THE BASIS OF AGREEMENT (II) -- 6.7 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COURT'S APPROACH -- 6.8 CONCLUSIONS -- 7. The Competence to Adopt Soft Law -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 THE RELEVANCE OF THE QUESTION OF COMPETENCE -- 7.3 THE APPLICABILITY OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFERRED POWERS -- 7.4 CONCLUSIONS -- 8. Indirect Legal Effects for the Legislature -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES OF COMMUNITY SOFT LAW FOR THE LEGISLATURE -- 8.3 'TRANSPOSITION' OF SOFT LAW BY THE COMMUNITY LEGISLATURE -- 8.4 COMPLIANCE WITH SOFT LAW BY THE COMMUNITY LEGISLATURE -- 8.5 TRANSPOSITION OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH SOFT LAW BY THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE -- 8.6 CONCLUSIONS -- 9. Indirect Legal Effects for the Judiciary -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 THE POWER AND TASK OF INTERPRETATION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE -- 9.3 THREE POSSIBLE ROLES FOR SOFT LAW -- 9.4 THE ROLE OF SOFT LAW IN THE INTERPRETATION OF COMMUNITY LAW BY THE COMMUNITY COURTS -- 9.5 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY SOFT LAW IN NATIONAL COURTS: INTERPRETATION AID OR DUTY OFCONSISTENT INTERPRETATION? -- 9.6 GENERAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF SOFT LAW AS AN INTERPRETATION AID -- 9.7 CONCLUSIONS -- 10. Indirect Legal Effects for the Executive -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 QUESTIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE -- 10.3 THE RECOGNITION OF SELF-BINDING EFFECT OF SELF-IMPOSED RULES -- 10.4 APPLICATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SOFT LAW BY THE COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE IN THE AREA OF STAFF CASES -- 10.5 APPLICATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SOFT LAW BY THE COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE IN OTHER AREAS OF LAW.

10.6 APPLICATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SOFT LAW BY THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE -- 10.7 CONCLUSIONS -- Part IV: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations -- 11. The Use of Community Soft Law Evaluated -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 SOFT LAW ONLY A LIMITED ALTERNATIVE TO LEGISLATION -- 11.3 THE LEGAL EFFECT OF COMMUNITY SOFT LAW -- 11.4 IMPLICATIONS OF SOFT LAW FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW -- 11.5 RECOMMENDATIONS -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book offers the first systematic investigation of soft law within the framework of the EC and its use by the European Commission and Council of Ministers.

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