Kalimo, Harri; Jansson, S. Max --- "EU Economic Law in a Time of Crisis" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) [2016] ELECD 433

Editor(s): Kalimo, Harri; Jansson, S. Max

Title: EU Economic Law in a Time of Crisis

Topics: European Law; Law and Economics

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 26 February 2016

Number of pages: c 232

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785365812

EISBN: 9781785365829

Abstract/Description:

How has the EU’s economic crisis affected the development of economic law in the Union? This book contributes to the debate by examining EU economic law from a contextual and policy-oriented perspective.

The expert authors explore areas such as the EMU and the internal market, and emphasize the important fields of public procurement, taxation, and intellectual property rights. The investigation proceeds along themes such as harmonization, institutional interplay, non-economic values, and international actions. The authors conclude that, during the crisis, the attention of the Barroso Commission focused quite narrowly on the most urgent problems, failing to consider longer-term issues to spark off bold policy endeavours, and break inter-institutional blockages.

This book is targeted at scholars, policy-makers and other practitioners, as well as students, interested in EU economic law, integration, and the economic crisis.