Executive power in the European Union law, practices, and the living constitution / [electronic resource] :
Deirdre Curtin.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 345 p.) : ill.
- The collected courses of the Academy of European Law .
- Collected courses of the Academy of European Law. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising arbitrary executive powers is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. This book offers a richer understanding of the nature of the EU's powers, how they relate to national governments, and how they are controlled.
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Executive power--European Union countries. Administrative law--European Union countries.