Europeanisation of Public Law

Europeanisation of public Law is a study about the relation between European national public law. More particularly it examines how EU law is changing some of the fundamental aspect of the public and adminstative law of its member states. Familiar EU doctrine on 'procedural autonomy', 'direct effect', 'consistent interpretation', 'ex officio application of European law' and 'state liability' are used as starting point for examining the effects of these doctrines in the various members States. Consideration is also given to important questions concerning the enforcement of European law in the national legal order, the organisation of the judiciary and the influence of European law on fundament principles of (public) law such as legal certainty, non-discrimination and proportionality. For these purposes, case law stemming from more than 15 different jurisdictions has been analysed to see how European law is actually applied by the various national courts. The study presents adynamic picture of the inter-relationships between national and European law. The book has in particular been written for advanced bachelors and masters courses on the relation between national and European law. Because of the many examples of national case law, the book should be most welcome to any practitioner dealing with European law in a national context. Book jacket.