Table of Contents

Contents:

Introduction
Thomas Eger and Hans-Bernd Schäfer

PART I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EU
1. A Constitution Like Any Other? Comparing the European Constitution with Nation State Constitutions
Stefan Voigt

2. The Rules of Decisionmaking in EU Institutions
George Tsebelis

3. EU Decision Making and the Allocation of Responsibility
Manfred J. Holler

4. Can Member State Liability for the Infringement of European Law Deter National Legislators?
Hans-Bernd Schäfer

5. Subsidiarity for a Changing Union
Emanuela Carbonara, Barbara Luppi and Francesco Parisi

PART II: BASIC FREEDOMS
6. Mutual Recognition: Economic and Regulatory Logic in Goods and Services
Jacques Pelkmans

7. The Law and Economics of the Free Movement of Persons in the European Union
Herbert Brücker and Thomas Eger

PART III: CORPORATION LAW AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
8. Corporate Governance in Europe: Foundations, Developments and Perspectives
Patrick C. Leyens

PART IV: PRIVATE LAW
9. Private Law I: Tort
Michael G. Faure

10. Private Law II: Contract
Fernando Gomez

PART V: CONSUMER PROTECTION
11. The Evolution of Consumer Protection in the EU
Fabrizio Cafaggi and Antonio Nicita

PART VI: LAW ENFORCEMENT
12. An Economic Analysis of Legal Harmonization: The Case of Law Enforcement within the European Union
Nuno Garoupa

13. Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law
Roberto Pardolesi

PART VII: DIVERSITY IN UNITY
14. Eastern Enlargement of the European Union
Hans-Jürgen Wagener

15. The Economics of Multilingualism in the EU
Jan Fidrmuc

PART VIII: MONETARY INSTITUTIONS AND MONETARY POLICY
16. Law and Economics of the Monetary Union

Index

About the Author

Edited by Thomas Eger, Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg and Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Affiliate Professor, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, and Professor (em.) of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, former Director, Institute of Law and Economics, Germany