ISBN:
9781108830126
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 325 Seiten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Law, legal expertise and eu policy-making
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Law, legal expertise and EU policy-making
DDC:
341.242/2
Keywords:
Policy sciences
;
Expertise Political aspects
;
Government attorneys
Abstract:
Introduction / Emilia Korkea-aho and Päivi Leino-Sandberg -- Performing legal expertise: reflections on the construction of transnational authority / Martti Koskenniemi -- Expertise as framing / Matthew Windsor -- In and out the window of opportunity between the state and law firms. Lawyers' double agency in contemporary / France Pierre France and Antoine Vauchez -- Legal professionalism and (legal) expertise in EU lawmaking / Hans-W. Micklitz -- WANTED : a creative lawyer with great technical skills for demanding work in the European Parliament / Päivi Leino -- The politics of legal expertise at Westminster in times of crisis / Benjamin Yong -- International bureaucracies : extraterritorial reach of the European Commission's legal expertise / Anu Bradford -- Transparency in EU-Asian Free Trade Agreements : the negotiating capital of trade experts / Chris Kimura and Fernanda G. Nicola -- The rise of transnational legal experts : two lessons from research on private practitioners as Euro-lawyers / Lola Avril -- Rock 'n' Roll stars or guitar technicians? Legal advisors as legal experts in NGO lobbying / Emilia Korkea-aho -- Legal expertise, environmental groups and Brexit : beyond the limits / Maria Lee and Carolyn Abbot -- Bureaucrats in the classroom? Epistemic governance and the expert legal scholar / Jan Klabbers -- Verfassungsblog, legal expertise and why Europe's 'computer is not working as it should' / Maximilian Steinbeis with the editors -- Afterword : the four questions and one answer / Emilia Korkea-aho and Päivi Leino-Sandberg.
Abstract:
"The Thrust of the Book Experts increasingly have a more central role on all levels of public governance. As holders of expert knowledge, they are trusted to provide certainty and answers in the face of increased complexity, interdependence and the fast-changing pace of life.Experts' claim to authoritative certainty enables them to be frequently involved and consulted by policy-makers. Their importance has increased as policy-making has become more complex and intense. Yet we cannot turn to one single definition of an expert. Experts constitute a highly heterogenous group, including in-house specialists, public interest stakeholders, lobbyists, and academics. This diverse group possesses specialised and technical knowledge across a wide range of policy fields or legislative instruments"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
