Bulletin n. 3/2010
January 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Gosalbo Bono Ricardo
    État de droit et droit de l'Union européenne - Première partie
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 544, janvier ,  2011 ,  13-35
    Though the Rule of law is a basic value recognised in the world, it does not have the same meaning nor the same implications in the various legal systems. The purpose of this article is to offer a universal definition of the Rule of law taking into account the historical development of the concept, its meaning in the various legal systems (European, American, socialist, Islamic and Asian) as well as in international law, in relationship to European Union law and its projection in the outside world. It also offers a comparison between the external legal practice of the European Union and that of the United States in the area of the Rule of law. The article will be published in three parts, two of which will appear in later issues. The first part concerns the historical development, the various national concepts in Europe and the United States, the European Union's and the Europe Council's concept. The second part deals with the concept of the Rule of law in Asia, in the Islamic world, in South America and in Africa, as well as in the socialist countries. The third part reviews the issue of the Rule of law in the framework of international law and the European Union's international legal practice and with other subjects of international law, including in the United States.
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