Preface

Introduction: The economics of the constitutional moment in Europe

PART ONE COMPETITION AND HARMONIZATION

Regulatory competition or harmonization of laws? Guidelines for the European regulator

How to predict the differences in uniformity between different areas of a future European private law? An evolutionary approach

Legal culture as (natural?) monopoly

Judicial competition, legal innovation and European integration: an economic analysis

PART TWO HARMONIZATION IN PRACTICE

European Union and public utility: a virtuous grouping? Lessons from the reorganization of Corsican external transport

The economics of harmonizing law enforcement

Product liability and product safety in a federal system: economic reflections on the proper role of Europe

Vocational qualifications and the European labour market: the challenges and the prospects

Decentralized interregional cooperation in Europe

PART THREE COMPETITIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF EUROPE

A Europe of variety, not harmonization

Enlargement of the European Union and the Approximation of Law: lessons from an economic theory of optimal legal areas

Legal and economic principles for the common administrative law in Europe

Index