Preface and acknowledgements
| Pages | 8-9 |
| Author | Melanie Smith |
Preface and acknowledgements
This book is based upon a PhD thesis entitled ‘Good Governance and
Legitimacy in the EU: The Role of Article 226 EC’, which was awarded a
doctorate in June 2007. As such, it is important that I acknowledge and give
thanks to numerous people who have helped me throughout the period of
my doctoral studies. I am most grateful to my supervisor, Professor Jo
Shaw, for all of her constructive feedback and advice throughout my
doctoral studies in relation to the subject matter of my PhD, and for
supporting my academic development more generally. I am always inspired
by her never-ending energy, application and dedication to her work. I would
also like to acknowledge the important contribution made by the University
of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh to my PhD studies. Without
the financial support of both of these institutions, completion of the PhD
and thus the eventual production of this monograph would not have been
possible.
I am particularly grateful to Professor Richard Rawlings. First, through
his teaching at the London School of Economics, and later through
numerous discussions, he inspired my interest in this topic and encouraged
me to pursue a doctorate. I would like to thank him for all of his support,
guidance and his insightful comments and criticism of my ideas, and for
continuing to give me his time whenever I needed it. I would also like to
thank Professor Conor Gearty for his support throughout all of my
academic studies and for always being available to give the necessary word
of encouragement when required.
This book was written at a time of constitutional and legal uncertainty.
The period of active research (2004 to 2009) witnessed a number of
attempts at Treaty reform, only for them to fail in referenda in various
Member States. At the time of finalising the book, the Lisbon Treaty had
been rejected by Ireland, but after further negotiations there appeared to be
a prospect of yet another referendum. In order to try to cope with this legal
uncertainty, this monograph includes Lisbon Treaty amendments where
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