The Law in Political Integration: The Evolution and Integrative Implications of Regional Legal Processes in the European Community - Paperback

by Jörg Fedtke (Introduction by), Stuart a. Scheingold (Author)

Classic political and legal study of how the early years of formation of the European Union relied on consensus and legal processes -- but not an analogy to federalization as in U.S. Constitutional law -- to evolve integration and respect for higher authority than national law. Law and lawyers were involved in these early steps, as shown by political activity and research more than by the customary analysis of doctrine. Part of the Classics of Law & Society Series of Quid Pro Books, this book is recognized as a fundamental contribution to the developing conceptualization of the E.U. through law and politics. It was originally published in the Occasional Papers Series of the Harvard University Center for International Affairs. It is introduced and explained in its 2011 edition by E.U. expert J rg Fedtke, a law professor at Tulane University. More recent studies confirm this line of inquiry, writes Fedtke, and "show just how topical the core ideas of THE LAW IN POLITICAL INTEGRATION remain today."

Author Biography

Stuart Scheingold, Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, authored many acclaimed books and articles on the political implications or rights, crime rates, European integration, cause lawyering, and fiction.