EU Enlargement A Legal Approach

by Hillion, Christophe

• ISBN13: 9781841133768
• ISBN10: 1841133760
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Hart Publishing

Summary

The enlargement of the European Union to embrace Central, Eastern and Southern Europe is usually analysed from political and economic points of view. The current process also has legal implications which this edited collection aims to explore. Written by scholars and officials from the enlarged EU, the contributions look at the conditions and modalities of accession and at the impact of enlargement on EU institutions and policies. This volume is a useful reference for anyone interested in enlargement as such but it also provides a valuable background to the current constitutional reform of the EU.

Author Biography

Christophe Hillion is professor of European Law at the University of Leiden, and researcher at the Swedish Institute of European Policy Studies (Stockholm).

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Francis G Jacobs
List of Contributors	xi
Table of Cases	xiii
Table of Legislation	xvii
Introduction	xxv
The Copenhagen Criteria and their Progeny	1	(22)
Christophe Hillion
Reforming the Union's Institutional Framework: A New EU Obligation?	23	(22)
Geoffrey Edwards
The Impact of Enlargement on the Union's Institutions	45	(12)
Alan Dashwood
Referendums in the CEE Candidate Countries: Implications for the EU Treaty Amendment Procedure	57	(20)
Anneli Albi
The Accession Treaty and its Transitional Arrangements: A Twilight Zone for the New Members of the Union	77	(34)
Kirstyn Inglis
A Spectre is Haunting Europe . . . Free Movement of Persons and the Eastern Enlargement	111	(32)
Michael Dougan
The Financial and Budgetary Impact of Enlargement and Accession	143	(26)
Alan Mayhew
The Impact of Accession on the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure of the New Member States	169	(12)
John R Spencer
EU Enlargement and EU Common Strategies on Russia and Ukraine: An Ambiguous yet Unavoidable Connection	181	(40)
Marc Maresceau
Final Remarks	221	(4)
Allan Rosas
Index	225