The ethos of Europe : values, law and justice in the EU / Andrew Williams.
2010
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Author
Title
The ethos of Europe : values, law and justice in the EU / Andrew Williams.
Published
Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Call Number
KJE960 .W55 2010
ISBN
9780521118286 (hardback)
052111828X (hardback)
9780521134040 (paperback)
0521134048 (paperback)
9780511744112 (e-book)
0511744110 (e-book)
052111828X (hardback)
9780521134040 (paperback)
0521134048 (paperback)
9780511744112 (e-book)
0511744110 (e-book)
Description
viii, 358 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)482602198
Summary
"Can the EU become a 'just' institution? Andrew Williams considers this highly charged political and moral question by examining the role of five salient values said to be influential in the governance and law of the union: peace, the rule of law, respect for human rights, democracy and liberty. He assesses each of these as elements of an apparent 'institutional ethos' and philosophy of EU law and finds that justice as a governing ideal has failed to be taken seriously in the EU. To remedy this condition, he proposes a new set of principles upon which justice might be brought more to the fore in the union's governance. By focusing on the realisation of human rights as a core institutional value, Williams argues that the EU can better define its moral limits so as to evolve as a more just project."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-353) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
viii
1.
The ethos of Europe: an introduction
1
An uncertain s̀oul'
1
The objectives of the book
14
Conclusion
21
2.
Peace
22
Introduction
22
The òriginal peace'
26
The external dimension: towards global peace
35
The new peace: security as a third dimension
52
Conclusion
64
3.
The rule of law
70
Introduction
70
The conceptual spectrum
73
The supranational dimension
77
The institutional dimension
94
The international dimension
98
Conclusion
104
4.
Human rights
110
Introduction
110
Establishing the principle
112
The conception of human rights in the EU
117
Scrutiny and surveillance
135
Enforcement
143
Conclusion
152
5.
Democracy
154
Introduction
154
The concept of democracy beyond the state
156
Democracy in the EU
165
Conclusion
192
6.
Liberty
197
Introduction
197
The concept of liberty
199
Collective liberty and the EU
208
Individual liberty and the EU
219
Conclusion
238
7.
The institutional ethos of the EU
242
Introduction
242
The value(s) of the institutional ethos
243
The philosophy of EU law and the EU's institutional ethos
250
Conclusion
281
8.
Towards the EU as a just institution
283
Introduction
283
Nine assumptions for an account of justice for the EU
284
Conclusion
313
9.
Concluding proposals
314
Introduction
314
Two proposals for justice
317
A research agenda for a just institution
327
Final thought
338
Bibliography
340
Index
354