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Voices of Difference in a Plural Community

其他書名	The Case for Legal Diversity Within the European Union
出版	2000
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cD4MzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The case for pluralism advanced in this paper forms part of a broad political debate about governance in the Community: integrationism versus subsidiarity. Integrationism was once seen as something of a loyalty test; today pluralism is squarely on the political agenda. We are becoming accustomed to the concept of subsidiarity introduced by Art 3(b) of the TEU and (more gingerly) to the "multi-speed Europe" and "variable geometry" of the ToA. Treaty status has made the ideas respectable. If the Community is to embrace within its boundaries a new swathe of entrants with different cultural traditions, political expectations and capabilities, acceptance of diversity will become a necessity. It will be essential to revert to the idea of the Community as a confederal association, with the weight at the bottom level, basing cooperative political activity and legitimacy on the strong existing national and sub-national structure.