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Author:   Anne Lise Kjær ,  Hanne Petersen ,  Mikael Rask Madsen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
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9781138254176

ISBN 10:   1138254177
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   28 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: General introduction: paradoxes of European legal integration, Mikael Rask Madsen, Anne Lise Kjær, Helle Krunke and Hanne Petersen; Part 1 European Law as a Process Between Constitutionalization and Democratization: Introduction: European law as a process between constitutionalization and democratization, Helle Krunke; The convention and its constitution: all a great mistake?, Neil MacCormick; When 'no' means 'yes': a constitution for Europe and the limits of ignorance, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos; A legal mission: the emergence of a European 'rationalized' natural law, Henning Koch. Part 2 An Ever Closer Union - An Ever Larger Market: Lawyers and the Transnational Construction of European Institutions and Markets: Introduction: an ever closer union - an ever larger market:lawyers and the transnational construction of European institutions and markets, Mikael Rask Madsen; Re-structuring states by exporting law: American law firms and the genesis of a European legal market, Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth; (Re)constructing the boundaries of the market: EU law and institutions analysed through the lens of discontinuity, Inger-Johanne Sand; Transnational statecraft: legal entrepreneurs, the European field of power, and the genesis of the European constitution, Antonin Cohen; How to become a transnational elite: lawyers' politics at the genesis of the European Communities (1950-1970), Antoine Vauchez. Part 3 Language as a Barrier and Carrier of European Legal Integration: Introduction: language as barrier and carrier of European legal integration, Anne Lise Kjær; Surface law, William Twining; Word/world: (of primordial issues for comparative legal studies), Pierre Legrand; Towards a common European legal thinking: a dialogic challenge, Edda Weigand; European integration and legal communication, Heikki Mattila. Part 4 Exceptionalism and Normalization: Ambiguity and Honour in European Integration Processes: Introduction: exceptionalism and normaliz

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'This volume investigates, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the linguistic, epistemological and methodological obstacles with respect to legal integration. The volume contains essays by some of Europe's leading comparatists which makes it indispensable.' Geoffrey Samuel, University of Kent, UK

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Hanne Petersen is Professor of Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a former Jean Monnet Scholar at the European University Institute. Anne Lise Kjær is Senior Research Fellow, University of Copenhagen. She has been a visiting academic at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim. Helle Krunke is Associate Professor of Law, University of Copenhagen. She has been a visiting fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and a visiting academic at the University of Bristol, UK. Mikael Rask Madsen, is Senior Research Fellow & Executive Director, Centre for Studies in Legal Culture, University of Copenhagen, and an associate of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

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