forms of biopolicy-making, yet the meaning of participation is limited. The reasons for this development are to be found in …

of the European Union (EU)’s institutional system. Given the gradual empowerment of EU institutions, this Special Issue … activities of specific groups of actors inside the institutions and investigate actors’ capacity to influence (policy …-making) processes beyond the analysis of outcomes. To enhance our understanding of influence inside the EU institutions, we believe it …

sovereignty. The paper will, firstly, analyse the standard of review's legal basis and the relevant case law. Next, a broad … argued that the standard of review is an important "constitutional" feature of WTO law, framing and limiting the exercise of … important issue of strengthening the legitimacy of the dispute settlement system, and a possible role for the standard of review …

called deliberative supra-nationalism and contrasted with what Jürgen Neyer and the present author had suggested under the … approach as a systematic elaboration of the theories of deliberative democracy, based, in particular, on recent contributions …

can be explained by four factors: (i) functional pressures; (ii) the role of supranational institutions; (iii …