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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459730303321

Autore

van Eijken Hanneke

Titolo

EU citizenship and the constitutionalisation of the European Union / / Hanneke van Eijken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Groningen, Netherlands : , : Europa Law Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-8952-157-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

European Administrative Law

Disciplina

342.24

Soggetti

Constitutional law - European Union countries

Human rights - European Union countries

Electronic books.

European Union countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

EU Citizenship & the Constitutionalisation of the European Union; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction: The role of European citizenship in the constitutionalisation of the European Union; Chapter 2. Analytical framework and structure; Chapter 3. The effect of European citizenship on the vertical division of powers; Chapter 4. The effect of European citizenship on common ideology: the protection of fundamental rights linked to European citizenship; Chapter 5. The effect of European citizenship on the common ideology in the European Union: democracy and political rights

Chapter 6. The effect of European citizenship on the justiciability and constitutional primacy of Union lawChapter 7. Conclusions: the effect of European citizenship on the constitutionalisation of the European Union; Bibliography; Table of cases

Sommario/riassunto

It has been 20 years since EU citizenship was introduced under the Treaty of Maastricht, yet it remains a topical and contemporary issue. The main research question in this study is whether and how European citizenship affects the constitutionalization of the EU. It connects European citizenship with European constitutional processes, in order to grasp the constitutional relevance of EU citizenship. To this end, the



different aspects of European citizenship are specifically linked to features that are commonly found in constitutions. The effect of and the relationship between four of these con