Screen LibraryThe politics of legal expertise in EU policy-making /
"Legal advisers working for the European Union (EU) seldom capture the popular imagination. Even for an astute follower of EU matters, their work is more likely to appear like a dry-as-dust service to an obscure bureaucracy, a service tasked to fine-tune the technical details of some documents...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in European law and policy
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| Summary: |
"Legal advisers working for the European Union (EU) seldom capture the popular imagination. Even for an astute follower of EU matters, their work is more likely to appear like a dry-as-dust service to an obscure bureaucracy, a service tasked to fine-tune the technical details of some documents - a report, legislative proposal, or communication - and ensure compliance with some standards of concern only to other lawyers. Yet, this view is deceiving. Legal advisers seldom steal the limelight, and are even less likely to seek it. Still, readers of any news outlet focusing on EU matters may recall times when new EU measures envisaged by the Commission faced legal difficulties"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xlvi, 332 pages 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-328) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108830058 1108830056 9781108908757 1108908756 |
| Index Number: | KJE5932 |
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D95 D814.1 |
| Call Number: | D814.1/L531 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Who are EU legal advisers? -- What do EU legal advisers do? -- Confidentiality of legal advice -- The Commission legal service -- Legal advice in council decision-making -- Legal advice in the European Parliament -- Epilogue. |