Soft Law in European community law

Abstract

Soft law is a  term applied to EU measures, such as guidelines, declarations and opinions, which, in contrast to  directives, regulations  and decisions, are not binding on those to whom they are addressed. However, soft law can produce some legal effects.Special attention in the work is devoted to  a problem of a possible role of soft law in wider context of political process development of private law which is discussed within the issue of Lisbon  strategy and soft law.The author takes an approach in  elaborating on the legal  nature and function of soft law