The European Ombudsman Investigated: From Old Battles to New Challenges
By (Author) Deirdre Curtin
Edited by Tanja Ehnert
Edited by Anna Morandini
Edited by Sarah Tas
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hart Publishing
20th February 2025
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Constitutional and administrative law: general
Hardback
288
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
A seminal study of the European Ombudsman, focusing on current challenges and future developments by its leading expert commentators. This open access volume traces the evolution of the European Ombudsman over its first almost three decades. Its focus however lies on the current challenges and future perspectives of this ever-innovative EU institution. It brings together leading voices from academia, EU institutions, civil society, and the European Ombudsmans office. It highlights developments and future potential in several salient fields, from data infrastructure and digital platforms over environmental protection and border protection agencies to revolving doors and industry lobbying. The collections breadth of study and depth of expertise will mean this is required reading for scholars of EU law, both from a constitutional and consumer law perspective. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European University Institute.
Deirdre Curtin is Director of the Centre for Judicial Cooperation at the Robert Schuman Centre, at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Tanja Ehnert is a legal officer at the EU Ombudsman, France. Anna Morandini and Sarah Tas are Researchers at the Department of Law, European University Institute, Italy.