Classical views of European integration have been shaken by the evolution of the past decade. It has become clear that the traditional division of tasks between the European Union and its Member States, and between the various European institutions no longer provides an accurate description of European policy-making. As the EU has become a major actor in the field of risk regulation, new institutional actors and others such as scientific experts and transnational bureaucratic networks increasingly play a major role. This book considers the underlying forces that have brought about such change and critically analyzes the responses of the European institutions. Various contributions explore the constitutional and the administrative law dimensions of the developing European market governance, and consider the changes which have occurred from the perspective of both legal and social theory.
Christian Joerges is Professor of European Economic Law at the European University Institute, Florence.
Renaud Dehousse is Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law at the Institut d’etudes politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).