Bulletin n. 1-2/2014
November 2014
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
    • J.H.H. Weiler
    Van Gend en Loos: The individual as subject and object and the dilemma of European legitimacy
    in International Journal of Constitutional Law , vol. 12, issue 1 ,  2014 ,  94-103
    This essay examines, first, the reasons for the extraordinary impact and iconic status which are attached to Van Gend en Loos. It argues that the explanation lies in a confluence of structural factors and not in the “direct effect” doctrine simpliciter. It then looks at the “darker” side of the case—a proxy for governance—its contribution to a European narrative of efficiency which disregards the traditional mechanism of democratic legitimacy.
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