The case of the German world class athlete Dieter Baumann serves as an example for the exploration of concurring regulatory structures resulting from the existence of multiple regulatory systems. After an analysis of these systems we explore the causes of their existence on the national and the...

Community legislation is unquestionably a factor to be reckoned with in member-state policy making. But the extent and mode of its impact on domestic policies and administrative structures will depend on the existing policy practices and the political and institutional structures of the country...

If one considers the different environmental action programs of the EU in which the strategic orientation of the EU environmental policy is defined for the mid-range, one can hardly avoid the impression that there has been a comprehensive transformation in the ideas about political governance....