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What Can Europe Tell Us About The Future Of American Federalism?, Ernest A. Young
What Can Europe Tell Us About The Future Of American Federalism?, Ernest A. Young
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The European Union: A Comparative Perspective, Ernest A. Young
The European Union: A Comparative Perspective, Ernest A. Young
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This chapter, to be included in the Oxford Principles of EU Law volume, compares the federalisms of Europe and the United States. It argues that Europe can be sensibly viewed from both federal and intergovernmental perspectives, and that particular aspects of the European Union’s structure fit each model. In particular, the EU is federal—that is, integrated to a comparable degree to the U.S.—with respect to its distribution of competences and the sovereignty attributed to EU law and institutions. But it is intergovernmental—that is, it preserves a center of gravity within the individual member states—with respect to the allocation of governmental …