EU Committees - by Christian Joerges & Ellen Vos (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this book legal, political and policy analysts examine the emergence of the committee role. For European Parliament comitology represents obstacles to policy making. For lawyers it indicates a strengthening of the administrative branch of government.

Book Synopsis

One of the striking features of the European Community's regulatory regimes is the role assigned to committees at all stages of the preparation of new measures and the implementation of its policies. Despite their obvious importance in the European polity, the 'comitology' of the EC has been understudied and poorly understood. This book fills a number of gaps in the literature by bringing together legal, political and policy analysts to examine the emergence of the committee role. For the European Parliament comitology represents obstacles to its own participation in policy making. For lawyers comitology is indicative of a strengthening of the administrative branch of government which seems to be evading parliamentary control and susceptibility to judicial review. These are the issues discussed and analysed in this book of original essays.

About the Author

Christian Joerges was Professor of Law and Society at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and Co-Director of the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen.

Ellen Vos is Marie Curie Fellow of ZERP.