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2003

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Dispute resolution

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Introduction To The Decennial Volume, George A. Bermann Jan 2003

Introduction To The Decennial Volume, George A. Bermann

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Ten years ago, when the Columbia Journal of European Law began, the European Union was, as we tend to say, "in a different place" than it is today. The "internal market" or, as it was called, the "1992" program had very largely been achieved, validating the institutional changes wrought by the Single European Act and boosting incalculably the Community's credibility as a regional economic entity and potential international political force. The Member States had just successfully orchestrated what may fairly be regarded as their most ambitious Intergovernmental Conference to date, culminating in the Treaty of Maastricht. While the referendum road …


Policy Recommendations For Dispute Prevention And Dispute Settlement In Transatlantic Relations: Legal Perspectives, George A. Bermann Jan 2003

Policy Recommendations For Dispute Prevention And Dispute Settlement In Transatlantic Relations: Legal Perspectives, George A. Bermann

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The concrete case studies and general policy analyses that were the subject of inquiry in the conferences culminating in the present volume have predictably generated a series of distinctly legal – as well as political – reflections on dispute prevention and dispute settlement in the transatlantic arena. One of the merits of the dual (concrete and abstract) approach that has been adopted for these conferences is its capacity to provide a check against the risks that would result either from divorcing this study from the realities of disputes or from relying exclusively on potentially idiosyncratic dispute scenarios. The recommendations to …