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Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play a critical role in maintaining and sustaining this relationship. The book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The authors believe a better understanding of these problems will be crucial in recognising the potential options for the future role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments

Examining the effects that political, legal, and regulatory institutions have on economic development, this book provides new contributions on the political economy of the European constitution. It covers many issues including social protection, fiscal reform and regional policies that are on the table of European policy makers.

Public procurement in the European Union represents almost twelve per cent of the EU's GDP and is continuing to increase, having been identified as a key objective in the EU's aim to become the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. This book provides a one-stop shop, multi-disciplinary approach to public procurement and will be of use to academics and policy-makers. Providing its readers with practical description and analysis of the relevant policies, law and jurisprudence, the book also explores possible future trends in public procurement regulation.

The concept of good governance constitutes a wide perspective for academic discussion because it provides a substantial theoretical background for settling many practical problems faced contemporarily by the EU. The basic assumptions of good governance have basically remained unchanged since the 90's, when the concept was introduced by the World Bank. Notably, the scholarly discussions these days reveal new facets of the said concept, when related to specific domains. The paper discusses the application of the specific elements of the concept of good governance in the field of the international investment law. Specifically, it seeks to demonstrate that the concept of good governance regulates the issue of international investments in that, among others, it requires the application of the alternative dispute resolution in order to make the investment law enforceable in the best possible way. ; peer-reviewed

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- References -- Part I: Historical and Juridical Contexts for the Status Within European Union Law -- Historical Overview of the Status Topic -- 1 Status in Ancient Rome -- 1.1 Status in the Language of the Romans -- 1.2 The Community Concept of Personal Status Within the Romans -- 1.3 The Stability of Personal Status -- 2 Status in the Medieval Age -- 3 Status and Legal Capacity: The Theory of the Three Status (XVI-XVIII Centuries) -- 4 French Revolution -- 5 Henry Sumner Maine's Theory (Ancient Law: 1861) -- 6 Status and State -- 7 Persistence of Community Theories in the Face of Individualistic-Egalitarian Theories in the Most Recent Civil Doctrine -- References -- From Cosmopolitan Individual Status (French Civil Code of 1804) and "l'exercice des droits civils" to EU Citizenship -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Code Napoléon and How the Concept of Legal Capacity Has Evolved into Individual Supra-Regional Status -- 3 EU Citizenship As Fundamental to EU Individuals' Status and "l'exercice des droits civils" in the Member State of Destination -- 4 The 'Enjoyment of Civil Rights' As an Instrument for Fulfilment of the Non-discrimination Principle -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Dictionary of European Union Statuses -- Administrative Judges in Europe -- 1 The Reasons Why There Are Administrative Judges in European Legal Systems -- 2 The Characteristics of the Review Carried Out by the Administrative Judge in Some European Legal Systems -- 3 The Role of the Case Law of the Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights as the Main Instrument for the Progressive Establishment of a European Process Model -- References -- Artist -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Legal Scheme -- 3 European Union and International Legal Framework -- 4 Conclusion -- Asylum Seeker -- 1 Introduction.