The European Ombudsman Investigated - by Deirdre Curtin & Tanja Ehnert & Anna Morandini (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is a seminal study of the European Ombudsman, focusing on current challenges and future developments by its leading expert commentators.

Book Synopsis

This book is a seminal study of the European Ombudsman, focusing on current challenges and future developments by its leading expert commentators.

This open access volume traces the evolution of the European Ombudsman over its first almost three decades. Its focus however lies on the current challenges and future perspectives of this ever-innovative EU institution. It brings together leading voices from academia, EU institutions, civil society, and the European Ombudsman's office. It highlights developments and future potential in several salient fields, from data infrastructure and digital platforms over environmental protection and border protection agencies to revolving doors and industry lobbying. The collection's breadth of study and depth of expertise will mean this is required reading for scholars of EU law, from both a constitutional and consumer law perspective.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by theEuropean University Institute.

About the Author

Deirdre Curtin is Director of the Centre for Judicial Cooperation at the Robert Schuman Centre, at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Tanja Ehnert is a legal officer at the EU Ombudsman, France.
Anna Morandini and Sarah Tas are Researchers at the Department of Law, European University Institute, Italy.