Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Soft Law Acts; Abbreviations; 1 Setting the Scene 1.1 Introduction; 2 Sources of EC Law and EC Legislation 2.1 Introduction; 3 Guiding Principles for Legislation 3.1 Introduction; 4 Introduction to the Concept of Soft Law in EC Law 4.1 Introduction; 5 Categories and Functions of Soft Law 5.1 Introduction; 6 Legally Binding Force 6.1 Introduction; 7 The Competence to Adopt Soft Law 7.1 Introduction; 8 Indirect Legal Effects for the Legislature 8.1 Introduction; 9 Indirect Legal Effects for the Judiciary 9.1 Introduction
10 Indirect Legal Effects for the Executive 10.1 Introduction11 The Use of Community Soft Law Evaluated 11.1 Introduction; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book offers the first systematic investigation of the phenomenon of soft law within the framework of the EC (the first pillar of the EU), and its use by the European Commission and Council of Ministers
