National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, the Rule of Law National Reports /

This two-volume book, published open access, brings together leading scholars of constitutional law from twenty-nine European countries to revisit the role of national constitutions at a time when decision-making has increasingly shifted to the European and transnational level. It offers important i...

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Other Authors: Albi, Anneli (Editor), Bardutzky, Samo (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Revisiting the Role and Future of National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Introduction to the Research Project
  • Chapter 2. Questionnaire for the Network of Constitutional Experts of the Research Project 'The Role of National Constitutions in European and Global Governance'
  • Part II. Political/Evolutionary Constitutions: The Predominant Role of Parliament with the Absence of or a Weak Role for a Constitutional Court, and a Generic or ECHR-Based Bill of Rights
  • Chapter 3. Europe's Gift to the United Kingdom's Unwritten Constitution - Juridification
  • Chapter 4. The Constitution of Malta: Reflections on New Mechanisms for Synchrony of Values in Different Levels of Governance
  • Chapter 5. The Netherlands: The Pragmatics of a Flexible, Europeanised Constitution
  • Chapter 6. The Constitution of Luxembourg in the Context of EU and International Law as 'Higher Law'
  • Chapter 7. The Role of the Danish Constitution in European and Transnational Governance
  • Chapter 8. The Constitution of Sweden and European Influences: The Changing Balance between Democratic and Judicial Power
  • Chapter 9. Finland: European Integration and International Human Rights Treaties as Sources of Domestic Constitutional Change and Dynamism
  • Part III: The Post-Totalitarian Constitutions of the 'Old' Member States: An Extensive Bill of Rights, Rule of Law Safeguards and Constitutional Review by a Constitutional Court
  • Chapter 10. European Constitutionalism and the German Basic Law
  • Chapter 11. The Constitution of Italy: Axiological Continuity between the Domestic and International Levels of Governance?
  • Chapter 12. The Constitution of Spain: The Challenges for the Constitutional Order under European and Global Governance
  • Chapter 13. Portugal: The Impact of European Integration and the Economic Crisis on the Identity of the Constitution
  • Chapter 14. The Constitution of Greece: EU Membership Perspectives
  • Part IV: The Post-Totalitarian Constitutions of the 'New' Member States from the Post-Communist Area: A Detailed Bill of Rights, Rule of Law Safeguards and Constitutional Review Entrenched after the Recent Memory of Arbitrary Exercise of Power
  • Chapter 15. The Future Mandate of the Constitution of Slovenia: A Potent Tradition Under Strain
  • Chapter 16. The Role of the Polish Constitution (Pre-2016): Development of a Liberal Democracy in the European and International Context
  • Chapter 17. The Czech Republic: From a Euro-Friendly Approach of the Constitutional Court to Proclaiming a Court of Justice Judgment Ultra Vires
  • Chapter 18. Slovakia: Between Euro-Optimism and Euro-Concerns
  • Chapter 19. The Constitution of Estonia: The Unexpected Challenges of Unlimited Primacy of EU Law
  • Chapter 20. The Constitution of Latvia - A Bridge Between Traditions and Modernity
  • Chapter 21. The Constitutional Experience of Lithuania in the Context of European and Global Governance Challenges
  • Chapter 22. Romania - The Vagaries ofInternational Grafts on Unsettled Constitutions
  • Chapter 23. The Bulgarian Constitutional Order, Supranational Constitutionalism and European Governance
  • Chapter 24. The Constitution of Croatia in the Perspective of European and Global Governance
  • Part V: Normative-Hybrid Constitutions: Combining Strong and Elastic Elements, e.g. an Older or ECHR-Based Bill of Rights
  • Chapter 25. The Constitution of France in the Context of EU and Transnational Law: An Ongoing Adjustment and Dialogue to be Improved
  • Chapter 26. The Belgian Constitution: The Efficacy Approach to European and Global Governance
  • Chapter 27. The Constitution of Austria in International Constitutional Networks: Pluralism, Dialogues and Diversity
  • Chapter 28. Ireland: The Constitution of Ireland and EU Law: The Complex Constitutional Debates of a Small Country
  • Chapter 29. The Cypriot Constitution under the Impact of EU Law: An Asymmetrical Formation
  • Part VI: Specific Constitutional Developments
  • Chapter 30. Introductory Editorial Note to the Hungarian Report: The Pre-2010 Rule of Law Achievements and Post-2010 Illiberal Turn
  • Chapter 31. Hungary: Constitutional (R)evolution or Regression?
  • Part VII: Reforming the National Constitution in View of Global Governance
  • Chapter 32. Constitutionalisation and Democratisation of Foreign Affairs: The Case of Switzerland.