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Mind the Gap: the Evolving EU Executive and the ConstitutionAuthor: Prof. Deirdre Curtin, Professor of European and International Governance, Utrecht School of Governance, March 2005, 27p. Binding: brochure. ISBN: 9789076871455. Price: €15, $25. Series: Walter van Gerven Lectures (3). Language: English. |
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About the Third Walter van Gerven LectureProfessor Curtin delivered the third Walter van Gerven Lecture. She warned to mind the gap between the evolving EU executive and the Constitution. The lecture focuses on the more low level politics of the EU and analyses how the Union has evolved in institutional practice over the past decade. The manner in which powers and tasks have been delegated – both by the Commission and the Council – to a whole series of non-majoritarian agencies is a striking illustration of the development of institutional structures without a legal basis in the constituent Treaties or in the Constitution. Yet there is a rich seam of legal and institutional practices surrounding such European level agencies. As the EU is doing away with its divisive pillars, time has come to lift the veil on the agencies and approach them in a horizontal fashion. |
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About the authorDeirdre Curtin (1960) studied Law in Dublin at University College, Trinity College and the Honourable Society of the Kings Inns. As from 1980, she lectured at Trinity College Dublin and at the University of Leiden. She was Référendaire to Judge T.F. O'Higgins at the ECJ from 1985-1991. In 1992, she was appointed to the Chair of the Law of International Organizations at the University of Utrecht. In 2003, she took up the inter-disciplinary Chair of European and International Governance at the newly established Utrecht School of Governance. Deirdre Curtin wrote extensively on subjects relating to the constitutional and institutional development of the EU, the principles of open government and democratic participation and human rights protection in Europe. Her research interests currently mainly are in public accountability and democratic governance in the EU, multi-level accountabilities in multi-level governance structures and good governance in international organizations. |
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