The Sub-national Dimension of the EU: A Legal Study of Multilevel Governance

202 Pages·2015·1.904 MB·English

by  Carlo Panara (auth.)

Carlo Panara
The Sub-
national
Dimension of
the EU
A Legal Study of Multilevel Governance
The Sub-national Dimension of the EU
.
Carlo Panara
The Sub-national Dimension
of the EU
A Legal Study of Multilevel Governance
CarloPanara
SchoolofLaw
LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity
Liverpool
UnitedKingdom
ISBN978-3-319-14588-4 ISBN978-3-319-14589-1 (eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-14589-1
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Ad Alessandra Maria, Ali, mia figlia,
Carlo, il tuo papa(cid:1)
.
Foreword
I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Martin Nettesheim for a very
valuablediscussiononthisprojectandforhostingmesowonderfullyatTu¨bingen
Universityduringitsexecution.IamalsoindebtedtotheAlexandervonHumboldt
Foundation for supporting this research with a Fellowship for Experienced
Researchers and to Springer, particularly in the person of Dr. Brigitte Reschke,
for publishing this monograph. I would also like to thank Erin O’Leary, research
assistant at Liverpool John Moores University, for her precious help during the
initialstageoftheresearchandmyfriendDr.MichaelVarney,fromHullUniver-
sity,forrevisingthefinalmanuscript.Finallyandmostimportantly,Iwouldliketo
declaremyunconditionalloveandgratitudetomyparentsinItalyforalltheyhave
doneandstilldoforme.
Tu¨bingen,Germany CarloPanara
October2014
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Friends,Romans,countrymen,lendmeyourears;
IcometoburyCaesar,nottopraisehim.
Theevilthatmendolivesafterthem;
Thegoodisoftinterredwiththeirbones;
SoletitbewithCaesar.
[FromMarkAnthony’sspeech
inJuliusCaesar,Act3,Scene2
byWilliamShakespeare]
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