Consumer sales in Europe : after the implementation of the Consumer Rights Directive /

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Harmonising EU competition litigation : the new directive and beyond /

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The Lisbon Treaty : a legal and political analysis / by Piris, Jean-Claude

Table of Contents: “…The process that led to the establishment of the European Union -- The 2002-2003 European Convention and the 2004 constitutional treaty and its failed ratification -- From the constitutional treaty to the Lisbon Treaty -- The difficult ratification of the Lisbon Treaty -- The structure of the Lisbon Treaty -- Values and objectives -- Delimitation and clarification of the EU competences -- Basic principles -- The legal personality of the EU -- Variable geometry -- Legislative and non-legislative procedures and acts -- Procedures for the revision of the treaties -- Withdrawal of a member state from the EU -- The European parliament -- The national parliaments -- The citizens' initiative and other possibilities for the citizens to influence decisions of the EU -- The judgment of 30 June 2009 of the German constitutional court and the issue of the democratic legitimacy of the EU -- The origins of the EU Charter of fundamental rights -- The Charter of fundamental rights as referred to in the Lisbon Treaty -- The protocol on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom -- The accession of the EU to the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms -- A short history of justice and home affairs in the EU -- The abolition of the third pillar and the other changes made by the Lisbon Treaty -- Variable geometry in the area of freedom, security, and justice -- The European Council -- The Council -- The Commission -- The Court of Justice -- Changes to other institutions and bodies -- Relations between institutions and the interinstitutional balance -- External affairs before the Lisbon Treaty -- The high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy -- The European external action service -- The common foreign and security policy -- Security and defence -- Other sectors of external affairs, including trade policy -- The EU budget -- European monetary union and the Euro zone -- The internal market and free competition -- Social policy -- Services of general interest -- Agriculture, energy, health and other internal affairs.…”
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Reviewing European Union accession : unexpected results, spillover effects, and externalities /

Table of Contents: “…/ Tamas Dezso Ziegler and Balazs Horvathy -- The use of referendum in Central and Eastern Europe after EU accession / Sergiu Gherghina -- Special economic zones in Poland : a black hole swallowing state budget or a messiah for regional development? …”
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The right-wing critique of Europe : nationalist, souverainist and right-wing populist attitudes to the EU /

Table of Contents: “…: the preferences of populist parties in the European Parliament / Giorgia Nesti and Paolo Graziano -- (Momentarily) drifting into ideocracy in Central Europe : the case of Law and Justice and Fidesz / Grzegorz Pożarlik -- A European legal war? …”
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Policy-making processes and the European Constitution : a comparative study of member states and accession countries /

Table of Contents: “…Hosli and Paul Pennings -- Poland : the struggle for Nice / Anna Gwiazda -- Portugal : quest for a new role / Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- Slovakia : avoiding conflict to secure stability / Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova -- Slovenia : consensus, integration and the protection of identity / Giacomo Benedetto -- Spain : preference formation and European constitution building / Raj S. …”
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The Treaty of Nice : actor preferences, bargaining and institutional choice /

Table of Contents: “…(Henrik Larsen); Chapter 17: Poland and the Other Candidate Countries: Influencing the Treaty from the Sidelines (Maciej Wilga); Section 2 Institutional Actors; Chapter 18: The European Parliament and the European Commission: 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' (Christine Neuhold).…”
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