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Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law
This collection discusses the challenges of reforming EU democracy
through increased citizen participation beyond elections. It asks
fundamental questions such as whether the institutionalisation of
citizens in EU public law is a prerequisite for addressing these
challenges and the extent to which such institutionalisation is
taking place in the EU. To these ends, the contributors analyse the
latest institutional initiatives, proposals and practices such as:
*citizen assemblies; *citizen consultations and dialogues on
European integration and draft legislation; *the Conference on the
Future of Europe; *the reform of the European Citizens' Initiative;
*the evolving role of the European Ombudsman; *citizen petitions to
the European Parliament; *the roles of the civil society and the
European Economic and Social Committee. Offering reflections on the
impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, this book is a much needed
reminder of the importance of the role of citizens in EU
governance.
This important Research Handbook explores the nexus between human
rights, poverty and inequality as a critical lens for understanding
and addressing key challenges of the coming decades, including the
objectives set out in the Sustainable Development Goals. The
Research Handbook starts from the premise that poverty is not
solely an issue of minimum income and explores the profound ways
that deprivation and distributive inequality of power and
capability relate to economic, social, cultural, civil and
political rights. Leading experts in the human rights field
representing a range of disciplines outline a future research
agenda to address poverty and inequality head on. Beginning with an
interrogation of the definition of poverty, subsequent chapters
analyse the dynamics of poverty and inequality in relation to
matters such as race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation,
geography and migration status. The rights to housing, land,
health, work, education, protest and access to justice are also
explored, with a recognition of the challenges posed by corruption,
climate change and new technologies. The Research Handbook on Human
Rights and Poverty is an essential reference guide for those who
teach in these areas and for scholars and students developing
future research agendas of their own. This will also be a
much-needed resource for people working practically to address
poverty in both the Global North and Global South.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful
introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law,
expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be
accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of
the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject
areas. This thought-provoking introduction provides an incisive
overview of dignity law, a field of law emerging in every region of
the globe that touches all significant aspects of the human
experience. Through an examination of the burgeoning case law in
this area, James R. May and Erin Daly reveal a strong overlapping
consensus surrounding the meaning of human dignity as a legal right
and a fundamental value of nations large and small, and how this
global jurisprudence is redefining the relationship between
individuals and the state. Key features include: Analyses of cases
from a range of jurisdictions all over the world A history of the
shift of the concept of dignity from a philosophical idea to a
legally enforceable right Discussion of dignity as a value and a
right in different major legal contexts, and its roots in African,
Asian, European and Islamic traditions. This Advanced Introduction
will be invaluable to scholars and students of law, particularly
those interested in human rights, looking to understand this
emerging area of law. It will inform lawyers, judges, policymakers
and other advocates interested in how dignity and the law can be
used to protect everyone, including the most vulnerable among us.
This book revisits the Treaty of Lisbon's promise to further
parliamentarize the EU's functioning by looking into the Treaty-law
framework governing the delegation of legislative power in the EU.
In this field, the Lisbon Treaty formally greatly strengthened the
position of the European Parliament vis-a-vis both the European
Commission and the Council. The book explores whether Parliament's
formally reinforced role is reflected in the actual balance of
powers in the area of delegated legislation and executive
rule-making. It does so by assessing how both the law and practice
of decision-making at the legislative level, looking at specific
case studies, and the sub-legislative level, examining the scrutiny
over delegated legislation, has crystallized in the ten years
following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. This rigorous
study gives a fascinating insight into one of the most significant
developments in European parliamentary law-making, which EU
constitutional lawyers will find required reading.
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