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European Single Market (european + single_market)
Selected AbstractsInstitutional Stimulation of Deliberative Decision-Making: Division of Labour, Deliberative Legitimacy and Technical Regulation in the European Single MarketJCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 5 2008THOMAS GEHRING Institutions stimulate deliberative decision-making if they hinder stakeholders from introducing bargaining power into the decision process. This article explores the conditions for, and limits of, the creation of deliberative legitimacy in single market regulation. An assessment of the standardization procedure demonstrates that legitimacy arises only from the combination of political and technical deliberation. [source] Private certification schemes as consumer protection: a viable supplement to regulation in Europe?INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES, Issue 6 2007Cristina PoncibòArticle first published online: 16 AUG 200 Abstract In the European single market, most product certification schemes are privately organized. This paper considers the goals and pitfalls of private certification as a form of market-based and multi-stakeholder consumer protection that relies on the transparency of information and the possibility of consumers choosing accordingly with their preferences. [source] Liberalisation of legal services in Europe: progress and prospectsLEGAL STUDIES, Issue 2 2010Robert G Lee The usual excuse for regulation is the failure of market provision. This paper examines legal services and suggests that, in the case of provision of commercial legal services to corporate clients, true events of market failure, to support the case for regulation, and more particularly self-regulation, are hard to locate. It further argues that the market for legal services is heavily stratified with a commercial legal services market effectively operating quite separately to that of professional legal services for private clients. In consequence, it may be more effective and proportionate to adopt differentiated strategies of regulation. This might be achieved by shifting the focus of regulation away from the individual practitioner, as is historically the case, towards law firms as such. This simple step, it is suggested, could facilitate much greater liberalisation of the market for legal services. This proposal is explored with particular reference to freedom of services within the European single market and, as a backdrop to the paper, progress to date in facilitating cross-border legal services in Europe is reviewed. [source] German welfare organizations and the process of European integrationNONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP, Issue 3 2003Chris Lange The process of European integration affects an increasing number of areas of life. The influence of the European single market on the social sector, including organizations providing human services, can no longer be denied. This article looks at the activities of the European Commission toward these organizations and argues that European regulations are relevant to the German system of social service delivery due to the introduction of market-like features in the national context. Within this context, German welfare organizations have discovered an important field of interest representation and lobbying. [source] | ||||||||||