ABSTRACT The European Union adopts rules governing the protection of minors against harmful media content in the form of soft law. Using the example of media law and the theory of competition between legal orders, I try to shed light on the possible reasons for the regulatory choice of soft law. In the present paper, I propose that one important reason for the preponderance of soft law in a given policy area is the legislator’s ambition to bridge strongly converging policy fields with areas where diversity between Member States persists due to their varying cultural traditions and moral convictions.

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East of Eden Hotel——关于协调和多样性之间有害内容的软性法律措施

摘要 欧盟通过了以软法形式保护未成年人免受有害媒体内容侵害的规则。以媒体法为例和法律秩序之间的竞争理论，我试图阐明软法监管选择的​​可能原因。在本文中，我提出软法在特定政策领域占优势的一个重要原因是立法者希望将强烈融合的政策领域与成员国之间由于其不同的文化传统和道德信念而持续存在差异的领域联系起来。