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Palgrave Britain In The European Union Law Policy And Parliament 2004 Edition by P. Giddings G. Drewry
Written by the same team that produced Westminster and Europe [1996] this book reports and analyzes the major developments in the relationship between Britain and the European Union between the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty and the British General Election of 2001. Britain in the European Union focuses particularly on the EU's impact on parliamentary institutions in the UK and on law and policy in such controversial areas as employment and the social chapter foreign and security policy enlargement and governance immigration and asylum and the single currency. Table of contents : Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction and Outline; G.Drewry & P.Giddings Britain and Europe: Community to Union 1973-2001; D.Miers Balancing Supremacy: EU Membership and the Constitution; A.Page Parliamentary Scrutiny of Policy and Legislation: Procedures of the Lords and Commons; P.Baines Governance Institutional Reform and Enlargement; V.Miller & C.Andrews Employment Law and the Social Chapter; J.Lourie Westminster the EMU and the Euro; P.Giddings Second Pillar Challenges: Foreign Security and Defence Policies; R.Ware & J.Wright Immigration and Asylum: Law and Policy in Action; G.Drewry with G.G.Grimwood & E.Wood Devolution Westminster and the EU; A.Wright An Evolving Relationship and the Way Ahead; P.Giddings & G.Drewry Appendices Key Events; P.Giddings Web Links; S.Patrick Books and Articles Cited; G.Drewry