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Legitimacy in the multilevel European polity

Scharpf, Fritz W. - 2009

In order to be simultaneously effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on voluntary compliance - which, in turn, depends on the support of socially shared legitimacy beliefs. In Western constitutional democracies, such beliefs are derived from the distinct but coexistent...

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Reflections on multilevel legitimacy

Scharpf, Fritz W. - 2007

The function of legitimacy is to ensure voluntary compliance with unwelcome exercises of governing authority. Since practically all European law needs to be implemented and enforced by the governments and courts of the member states, the EU does not have to face its citizens directly. It follows...

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Unity in diversity as Europe's vocation and conflicts law as Europe's constitutional form

Joerges, Christian - 2011

"Unity in Diversity" was the fortunate motto of the otherwise unfortunate Draft Constitutional Treaty. The motto did not make it into the Treaty of Lisbon. This essay argues that it deserves to be kept alive albeit in a new constitutional perspective, namely the re-conceptualisation of European...

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Die europäische Wende zu "Neuen Formen des Regierens" (new modes of governance) : Rechtsprobleme eines politischen Konzepts

Joerges, Christian (contributor); … - 2007

Recht als Rückgrat des Integrationsprojekts; Juristen, Verwaltungsbeamte und Richter, schienen berufen, seinen Fortgang …-Netzwerks CONNEX ("Connecting Excellence on European Governance") verzeichnet inzwischen (im Mai 2007) 3345 Einträge. Vom Recht ist … lawyers gone"? Wir stellen diese Frage, weil wir wissen möchten, aus welchen Gründen das Recht ins Hintertreffen zu geraten …