The Limited Modesty of Subsidiarity

• Autores: N.W. Barber
• Localización: European Law Journal, ISSN-e 1468-0386, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2005, págs. 308-325
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper provides an account of the European principle of subsidiarity that presents it as a principle of democratic structuring: engaging both with the allocation of powers to existing democratic institutions and with the creation of new democratic institutions. In the process of discussing the European principle, a contrast is drawn with the Catholic principle of subsidiarity and with the rival doctrine of national self‐determination. It is argued that the European principle is a central part of the Union's constitutional identity, and, as such, crucial to an understanding of the European project.