Impact Of Eu Accession On The Legal Orders Of New Eu Member

Description:
In 2004, ten countries joined the European Union as Member States and five others (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey) had or received (pre-)candidate country status. EU accession requires significant adaptations in the laws and policies of a country. In order to analyse the impact of these developments and support the countries concerned, the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague initiated a project which started in early 2003 and concluded during the Dutch EU presidency in October 2004. The fifteen country reports resulting from that project, written by national experts and updated by the volume editors, are presented in this book. As a comparative study of these countries, this is an excellent guide for the preparation of the national legal orders for EU accession, for briefing and training civil servants, judges, practitioners, officials of international organizations, and will be of great interest to academics and post-graduate students.

Review:
'The new book edited by Kellerman et al. follows the established tradition of academic excellence in this field...The contributions to the volume range from informative to absolutely fascinating...It is very timely and certainly accomplishes the goals set by the editors within the auspices of the MATRA project. To date, the volume...stands out as the most vivid account of the current developments in the candidate countries and the the new Member States, providing an impressive overview of the similarity of problems all these countries are facing.' -Dimitry Kochenov, University of Groningen, European Law Books

Table of Contents:
Foreword Jaap de Zwaan; Hopes and Fears - Introduction Alfred E. Kellermann; Part I. MATRA Project Countries: Bulgaria Evgeni Tanchev and Jenia Peteva; Croatia Sini a Rodin, Tamara Capeta and Dario Mihelin; Romania Victor Duculescu and Ruxandra Adam; Serbia and Montenegro Dusko Lopandic and Slobodan Samardzic; Slovenia Primoz Vehar, Marko Starman and Miha Pogacnik; Turkey Kemal Baslar and Erdogan Ishakoglu; Part II. Comparative Analyses: Impact of European Integration on National Constitutions and Parliaments Anneli Albi; Impact of EU accession on the role of the judiciary Jeno Czuczai; Impact of EU accession on the role of (potential) candidate countries' executives Steven Blockmans; Part III. New Member States: Cyprus Nicholas Emiliou; Czech Republic Jiri Zemanek; Estonia Anneli Albi; Hungary Jeno Czuczai; Latvia Anita Usacka; Lithuania Irmantas Jarukaitis; Malta Peter G. Xuereb; Poland Stanislaw Biernat; Slovak Republic Miroslav Stastan; Annex: Programme of the Final Conference of the MANTRA Multi-Country Project.