Die EU und die USA stehen in einem unvergleichlich dichten und vielschichtigen Beziehungsgeflecht aus Kooperation und Konkurrenz, Austausch und Aufmerksamkeit, Sympathie und Kritik. Der vorliegende Band analysiert Zustand und Perspektiven von besonders aktuellen Elementen des transatlantischen [...]

englischTrade and investment treaties like TTIP spark questions on the democratic quality of the formation as well as the substance of bi- and multilateral economic integration by law. This volume assembles contributions of a conference by the JuWissBlog in March 2015 and dedicates itself to [...]

englischIt is striking that since 2008 the European economic, employment and financial crisis has been repeatedly in the limelight of German and European media. Up to date the topic has not lost any of its importance. This is not the least due to the fact that the crisis has led to several conflicts [...]

Die differenzierte Integration innerhalb der EU und an ihren Rändern ist Realität und Hoffnung, weil man denkt, damit die Hemmnisse weiterer Integrationsfortschritte minimieren zu können. Sie stellt allerdings durchaus auch eine Gefahr für ein einheitliches – und damit verständliches und [...]

englischThis volume based on an international and interdisciplinary conference in 2014 provides an assessment of the developments after the upheavals in the Southern Mediterranean with regard to the challenges for the European Foreign and Security Policy. Besides a review of the European [...]

englischPolice cooperation in the EU has been characterised by intergovernmental patterns of decision-making. With the Treaty of Lisbon (2009) it has been fully integrated in the EU as part of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ).

What has changed since then, which problems persist? What [...]

englischWith the treaty of Lisbon, the solidarity principle gained influence in EU primary law and serves as a structural principal of the European Union.

The book discusses the theoretical concepts of solidarity and applies them to the context of multilevel systems. The contributions focus on [...]

Die Grenzen zwischen „drinnen“ und „draußen“ in der europäischen Integration verwischen sich. Die Beiträge dieses Buches analysieren solche differenzierten Integrationsmodelle und fragen nach den Chancen, die sie für eine dauerhafte Organisation des europäischen Kontinents bieten, ohne den Willen [...]

englischAccording to German Federal President Gauck, the European Union is the “greatest political success story of our continent”. Yet growing numbers of Europeans fear the uncontrollable powers of an emerging European superstate. Where should one draw the line at further steps toward the express [...]

englischSince the outbreak of the global financial and economic crisis European integration cannot be understood (anymore) as a continuously evolving process. Despite countless EU integration measures, economic, social and territorial disintegration phenomena can be observed in Europe. It is too [...]