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In his contribution on the future of legal Europe, Hans-Jürgen Hellwig first addresses the problem of how Community law is implemented at the national level. He criticises the way in which Community directives are expanded at the transposition phase (“gold-plating”) and wonders if raising the level of harmonisation in each directive might be the better option. The author then deals with the intentional...
Die Harmonisierung des materiellen Familienrechts in Europa wurde bislang nicht forciert, da der Wille der Nationen, an ihren Rechtstraditionen auf diesem Gebiet festzuhalten, nicht überwindbar schien. Zugleich steigt in Folge der wachsenden Mobilität die Zahl von Paaren, die in internationalen Verhältnissen leben – und sich wieder trennen –, und damit der Bedarf an einer Vereinheitlichung. Mit einem...
This paper is concerned with the Proposed Consumer Rights Directive. In particular it considers the choices to be made concerning minimum and maximal harmonisation. In doing so it draws upon previous experiences of harmonisation and in particular reflects on the approach of the European Court of Justice. The aim is to consider which areas of the Proposed Consumer Rights Directive require maximal harmonisation...
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