02067nam a22003498a 4500 CR9780511750335 UkCbUP 20180107143412.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100412s2010||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511750335 (ebook) 9780521118286 (hardback) 9780521134040 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda 341.2422 22 Williams, Andrew, author. The Ethos of Europe : Values, Law and Justice in the EU / [electronic resource] Andrew Williams. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (368 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Can the EU become a 'just' institution? Andrew Williams considers this highly charged political and moral question by examining the role of five salient values said to be influential in the governance and law of the Union: peace, the rule of law, respect for human rights, democracy, and liberty. He assesses each of these as elements of an apparent 'institutional ethos' and philosophy of EU law and finds that justice as a governing ideal has failed to be taken seriously in the EU. To remedy this condition, he proposes a new set of principles upon which justice might be brought more to the fore in the Union's governance. By focusing on the realisation of human rights as a core institutional value, Williams argues that the EU can better define its moral limits so as to evolve as a more just project. Justice Law and ethics Print version: 9780521118286 Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750335 Cambridge Books Online 236497 236497