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Harlow, Carol; della Cananea, Giacinto; Leino, Päivi --- "Introduction: European administrative law – a thematic approach" [2017] ELECD 412; in Harlow, Carol; Leino, Päivi; della Cananea, Giacinto (eds), "Research Handbook on EU Administrative Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 1

Book Title: Research Handbook on EU Administrative Law

Editor(s): Harlow, Carol; Leino, Päivi; della Cananea, Giacinto

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784710675

Section Title: Introduction: European administrative law – a thematic approach

Author(s): Harlow, Carol; della Cananea, Giacinto; Leino, Päivi

Number of pages: 18

Extract:

Introduction: European administrative law ­ a
thematic approach
Carol Harlow, Giacinto della Cananea and Päivi
Leino



ABOUT THE HANDBOOK
This Research Handbook is one of a series initiated by Edward Elgar and
designed by them for `scholars in European law', more particularly
perhaps for young scholars looking for an area for useful and profitable
research. The publishers identify a second potential readership of `prac-
titioners and policy-makers who wish to engage with the latest thinking
and ongoing debates in the field' and who are not necessarily lawyers.
Thus the Handbook is aimed not only at readers who are already
knowledgeable about EU law in general and administrative law in
particular but also at a wider readership interested in learning something
about the governance structures of the EU and how it is administered. For
this varied readership the contributors have been asked to combine `a
substantive analysis of the law' with `a comprehensive analysis of the
latest thinking, research and practice' in fields of EU administrative law
that are topically of interest or in the process of rapid evolution. The
Handbook is intended, in other words, to act as a guide to `what we
know, don't know and ought to know' about EU administrative law. This
we have tried to do.
It has not been an easy assignment. First and foremost the EU
governance system inside which administrative law has to operate is
distinctive and complex. Herwig Hofmann provides an overview of this
in Chapter 1. Secondly, the definition ...