Centralised enforcement, legitimacy and good governance in the EU / Melanie Smith.
2010
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Title
Centralised enforcement, legitimacy and good governance in the EU / Melanie Smith.
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Call Number
KJE971.5 .S62 2010
ISBN
0415467845 (hbk)
9780415467841 (hbk)
0203872398 (ebk)
9780203872390 (ebk)
9780415467841 (hbk)
0203872398 (ebk)
9780203872390 (ebk)
Description
xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)311755951
Note
"Based upon a PhD thesis entitled 'Good governance and legitimacy in the EU: the role of article 226 EC', which was awarded a doctorate in June 2007"--P. vii.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-245) and index.
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Centralized enforcement, legitimacy and good governance in the EU
Table of Contents
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Table of cases
1.
Introduction
1
The centralised enforcement provisions
3
Previous research on the enforcement mechanism
10
The focus of the book
15
Research approach
18
2.
Mind the accountability gap - administrative law and legitimate governance
21
An introduction to administrative law in the EU
23
Two key principles of administrative law: transparency and the obligation to give reasons
29
The attempt to develop new administrative rights
36
Concluding remarks
47
3.
Conceptualising democracy, legitimacy and the development of good governance in the EU
50
The challenge of terminology
51
Conceptual tools to aid the discussion of democracy and legitimacy
54
The introduction of 'good governance' as a tool to redress the legitimacy deficit
64
A framework for evaluating policy and practice in Article 226
77
Concluding remarks
81
4.
Political enforcement, neutral guardianship and legal uniformity
83
The European Commission: an introduction
84
Operational problems with the infringement mechanism
97
Conflicting roles of the Commission within Article 226
110
Concluding remarks
117
5.
The policy on centralised enforcement: technocratic legitimacy, special relationships and the turn from good governance
119
The two-tier approach to enforcement: prevention and correction
120
Enforcement policy and good governance principles: increasing legitimacy and good governance in the management of Article 226?
134
After good governance: the Commission's response to enlargement
149
Concluding remarks
158
6.
The impact of the European Ombudsman: breaking down barriers to procedural legitimacy
161
An introduction to the Office of the European Ombudsman
162
Re-moulding the process through inquiries and complaint handling
168
A detailed case study: the Parga complaint
175
The results of the Ombudsman's in intervention
183
Good administration and good governance in infringement investigations
191
Concluding remarks
200
7.
Centralised enforcement, legitimacy and good governance - conclusions
203
Summary of findings
203
Re-conceptualising the role of Article 226
208
Plugging the supervisory/accountability gap through law
212
Focusing on change through good governance
215
The potential for a mechanism of multi-faceted accountability
220
App.
Research method and interview data
227
Bibliography
235
Index
247