Title:Le fondement normatif du principe de proportionnalité en théorie constitutionnelle
Author(s):TREMBLAY, Luc B.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:In many jurisdictions, the principle of proportionality is actually used by judges as basic standard in
the process of judicial review of laws limiting constitutional rights. But what is the normative
foundation of the ...
Title:Le rôle du Comité d’Entreprise Européen au cours des restructurations: les leçons du projet AgirE
Author(s):MOREAU, Marie-Ange; PARIS, Jean-JacquesDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The European Work Council is a transnational actor which represents the workers in
European firms. The paper identifies the difficulties and obstacles which limits the
powers of EWC (legitimacy in question, content of ...
Title:Le traité de Prüm Une vraie-fausse coopération renforcée dans l’Espace de sécurité de liberté et de justice
Author(s):ZILLER, JacquesDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper is a first critical analysis of the 'Prüm Convention on deepening transfrontier cooperation, amongst others in view of combating terrorism, transfrontier crime, and illegal migration', which was signed by Austria, ...
Title:Legal Basis and Scope of the New EU-Ukraine Enhanced Agreement. Is there any room for further speculation?
Author(s):PETROV, RomanDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The paper conducts a critical analysis of the potential legal basis and scope of the future European Union (EU)-Ukraine enhanced agreement. Accepting that the most probable and most beneficial possibility for Ukraine is ...
Title:Legal Concepts: An Inferential Approach
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The inferential and eliminative analysis of legal concepts proposed by Alf Ross will be connected to the views of
theoretical concepts in science advanced by Frank Ramsey and Rudolf Carnap. Consequently, the mere ...
Title:Legal Conflicts and Subnational Constitutionalism
Author(s):DELLEDONNE, Giacomo; MARTINICO, GiuseppeDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper analyses the increasing use of the concept of subnational identity, understood as a peculiar (to some extent) category that is opposed to the State or federal identity. References to it are included in the ...
Title:Legal Europeanization as Legal Transformation: Some Insights from Swiss “Outer Europe”
Author(s):MAIANI, FrancescoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The “Europeanization” of non-EU countries’ laws is predominantly seen as an “export”
of the EU acquis, especially in the case of so-called “quasi-member” states such as
Switzerland. Based on an examination of the Swiss ...
Title:Legal Integration in the EU: the unitas in diversitate Conundrum and the Importance of Considering Culture
Author(s):HENDRY, JenniferDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Tilburg Institute of Comparative & Transnational LawAbstract:An obvious downside of any slogan or motto is that it is necessarily a simplified version of what it attempts to convey. Thus while they may provide a handy hook, the very 'catchiness' and accessibility of mottoes often ...
Title:Legal Issues in Medical Computer Software and Expert Systems in United States. Legislation and Practice
Author(s):FIORIGLIO, GianluigiDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Today, hospitals are heavily computerized, but this process is still far from its ultimate goals and suffers from many deficiencies. Good quality software, correctly used, can improve health care under many different ...
Title:A Legal Method for Solving Issues of Internet Regulation; Applied to the Regulation of Cross-Border Privacy Issues
Author(s):SVANTESSON, Dan Jerker B.Date:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This article presents a legal method that can be used to find solutions to the challenges of regulating Internet technology. The method consists of ten steps and the reader is guided through the application of these steps. ...
Title:Legal Validity: An Inferential Analysis
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:I will argue that the concept of (valid) law is a normative notion, irreducible to any factual description.
Its conceptual function is that of relating certain (alternative sets of) properties a norm may possess to ...
Title:Legality Policies and Theories of Legality: From “Bananas” to Radbruch’s Formula
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:I shall argue that issue of legal validity or legality (I will use these two terms as synonymous) can be
addressed by taking an inferential stand, namely, by considering under what preconditions (antecedents)
the legality ...
Title:Les restructurations dans l’Union européenne: récentes évolutions (2005-2006)
Author(s):MOREAU, Marie-AngeDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper presents an evaluation of the EU reactions facing corporate restructurings. It
shows a real mobilisation to find new ways: organisation of a Task Force (EU
Commission), Forum with pertinent actors with regional, ...