{"product_id":"informal-decision-making-in-the-european-community-under-the-luxembourg-compromise-the-law-that-never-was-9781509982851","title":"Informal Decision Making in the European Community Under the Luxembourg Compromise: The Law That Never Was","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book analyses the informal decision making process in the EU against the background of a gradually emerging European legal order. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on extensive multi-archival research in the UK, France, Germany, the Benelux countries and in Community institutions, the book explores the resistance against majority rule under the so-called Luxembourg Compromise of 1966, a European 'soft law' that allowed Member States to invoke 'vital national interests' and to veto legislation. This 'gentlemen's agreement' was never sanctioned or codified. However, as a 'rule of the game' it had a significant impact on the operations of the EU for several decades and became an integral part of the EU's 'consensus' approach. Its underlying rationale is still alive in the present-day EU. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresenting a deeply revisionist account of European law and politics, the book demonstrates how the Luxembourg arrangement served as a compromise between the Treaty text and political reality, as a counterweight to technocratic ideas, and as a bridge between irreconcilable divides over European unification. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt includes case studies from 1965 - 2000, such as the 'Eurosclerosis' of the 1970s, British exceptionalism as an EU member, the European revival of the mid-1980s, and intergovernmentalism on the verge of negotiating the Maastricht Treaty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighly original in its interdisciplinary, comprehensive and archivally-rooted method, the book interrogates the most important and controversial debates about the past, present and future of the European Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Bajon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509982851","brand":"Hart Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45089852817545,"sku":"9781509982851","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7c88019a-4a90-4449-abfd-7ae5d1b1cd42.jpg?v=1766477282","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/informal-decision-making-in-the-european-community-under-the-luxembourg-compromise-the-law-that-never-was-9781509982851","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}