Chapter 1: The history and scope of EU health law and policy
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Handbook Chapter
Published:
31 Mar 2017
Page Range:
17–35
Collection:
Law 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364723.00012
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Mary Guy and Wolf Sauter lay out the scope and historical development of EU Health Law and Policy. The analysis reveals three broad periods of development: up to 1992, when focusing on the four freedoms (goods, services, workers and capital) led to incremental legislative action on health; 1992–2007, from the adoption of an explicit health competence at an integrationist high-point in the early 1990s to the Lisbon Treaty in 2007; and 2007 onwards, where integration continues despite political malaise and an economic downturn. Guy and Sauter note that EU Health Law and Policy has moved beyond a ‘patchwork’ or ‘interface’ approach to a more coherent legal and policy domain, and also a subject for academic study in its own right.
Cover Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy
Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy
Handbook
Published:
31 Mar 2017
Print ISBN:
9781785364716
eISBN:
9781785364723
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364723
Pages:
c 640
Collection:
Law 2017
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