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Transparency in the EU: Constitutional Overtones, Institutional Dynamics, and the Escape Hatch of Secrecy. In S. Blockmans, & A. Lazowski
No full textCurtin D, Hillebrandt M. Transparency in the EU: Constitutional Overtones, Institutional Dynamics, and the Escape Hatch of Secrecy. In S. Blockmans, & A. Lazowski. In: Blockmans S, Lazowski A, eds. Research Handbook on EU Institutional Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 2016
One against 27: the pitfalls of Brexit negotiations with the EU
No full textIf Britain votes to Leave, how will the exit negotiations be conducted? Adam Lazowski warns that Donald Tusk’s preferred option of a two-stage negotiation – withdrawal, then an agreement on future relations – would be the worst possible scenario for the UK, because we would be negotiating the latter from outside the EU. Nonetheless, the other two negotiating options have their own risks. Both sides have much to lose, he argues, but the UK will be one state against 27
Is Turkey going to join the EU in the next decade? Not likely, Mr Gove
No full textMichael Gove and other Vote Leave campaigners have warned that Turkey, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania are likely to join the EU in the near future, which would lead to an influx of migrants looking for jobs in Britain. On the contrary, says Adam Lazowski: the EU will probably not expand at all in the next decade. If and when it does, transitional arrangements mean the UK labour market would remain closed to new EU citizens for a long time to come
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
The Brexiteers’ exit plan: legally dubious, unfeasible and likely to antagonise our neighbours
No full textLast week Vote Leave laid out its plans for a divorce and a future relationship with the EU. It argued that if voters decided to end UK’s membership of the EU, the UK would negotiate a “friendly deal” with European partners by the next general election in 2020. But this post-referendum roadmap does not hold water, argue Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska and Adam Lazowski. It would, at best, further antagonise the European partners and, at worst, create economic and legal chaos. Here are four reasons why
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