Horizontal Federalism, Mutual Recognition and the Balance Between Harmonization, Home State Control and Host State Autonomy

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Horizontal federalism in the US. – II.1. Full faith and credit. – II.2. Extradition. – II.3. Interstate commerce. – II.4. Interstate compacts. – III. Horizontal federalism in the EU: mutual recognition. – III.1. Constitutional principle by accident? – III.2. Apogee and after. – III.3. Mutual recognition...

Rebuttal of Mutual Trust and Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters: Is ‘Exceptional’ Enough?

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The conditionality of mutual trust in EU criminal law. – II.1. From presumption to conditionality. – II.2. The fundamental right’s condition for mutual trust in criminal matters. – II.3. Condition without control? – III. “Trust is good, control is better”: the judicial refutability of mutual trust. – IV...

On a Collision Course! Mutual Recognition, Mutual Trust and the Protection of Fundamental Rights in the Recent Case-law of the Court of Justice

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Mutual recognition and mutual trust: unattainable stars in the sky? – III. Set on a collision course: the limits of mutual recognition and mutual trust. – IV. Meteor approaching! Fundamental rights and the European arrest warrant. – V. Set on a collision course: from N.S. to the recent case-law...

Bottom-up Salvation? From Practical Cooperation Towards Joint Implementation Through the European Asylum Support Office

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. “Support is our mission”: a critical assessment of EASO’s mandate and resources. – II.1. EASO’s mandate: areas of involvement and limitations. – II.2. EASO’s resources: a paper tiger? – III. Operational support: from expert consultants towards an integrated EU administration? – III.1. EASO operational...

Reflections on EU Legitimacy and Governing

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. A missing piece: throughput legitimacy. – III. Issues of representation.

Abstract: Carol Harlow provides us with a nuanced and sophisticated assessment of the development of the EU’s formal lawmaking processes and their legitimacy implications. She...

H v. Council: Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Sphere of the CFSP, One Step at a Time

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. A complete system of judicial protection, also in the sphere of the CFSP? – III. In search of the limits of the jurisdictional carve-out: in defence of the ECJ’s incremental approach. – IV. Looking forward: towards a comprehensive approach. – IV.1. A reading of Art. 275 TFEU...

Of Surcharges and Supervision: German Renewable Energy Act Is State Aid

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Table of Contents: I. Controversy around Germany's renewable energy act. – II. Two questions, one answer: the EEG as State aid. – II.1. The State aid nature of the EEG surcharge. – II.2. The exemptions for electricity-intensive undertakings. – III. Distinguishing PreussenElektra AG v. Schleswag AG. – IV. Towards the...

Brexit Referendum: Beginning of the End or Just a Turning Point?

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The basic facts are well known by now. On 23 June 2016 the voters, by a slim majority, decided that the United Kingdom (UK) should leave the European Union. This has been a major earthquake with political and economic aftershocks going beyond the white cliffs of Dover. They are destined to continue for months, if not years. For the first time in history of the European...

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