The EU Principle of Subsidiarity and Its Critique

by Antonio Estella

The aim of this work is two-fold. First it attempts to construct a more solid critique of the European Union principle of subsidiarity. Second it tries to explain why the European Court of Justice is not fully implementing subsidiarity. Introduced in the EU legal order as a last resort protection mechanism for member states in a minoroty position in the Council of Ministers regarding a particular issue, the principle of subsidiarity is not only misplaced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199242429
• ISBN13: 9780199242429
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.4"