Developing a constitution for Europe / / edited by Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum and Agustin Jose Menindez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783620003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-35514-9; 1-134-35515-7; 0-203-34855-9; 1-280-05399-2; 0-203-29966-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies on democratizing Europe ; ; 1
• Classificazione: 86.86
• Altri autori (Persone): EriksenErik Oddvar <1955->; FossumJohn Erik; MenendezAgustin Jose
• Disciplina: 342.7302
• Soggetti: Law reform - European Union countries; Constitutional law - European Union countries
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Prologue: hope and fear in constitutional law; Introduction: a constitution in the making?; Why a constitution?; Why Europe needs a constitution; The EU and the right to self-government; Human rights, constitutionalism and integration: iconography and fetishism; Treaty or constitution? The legal basis of the European Union after Maastricht; A polity without a state? European constitutionalism between evolution and revolution; Can it be made?; Three conceptions of the European constitution; The politics of law and the law of politics: two constitutional traditions in EuropeWille zur Verfassung, or the constitutional state in Europe; Law, economics and politics in the constitutionalization of Europe; How can it be made?; The Convention method and the transformation of EU constitutional politics; Deliberation or bargaining? Coping with constitutional conflicts in the Convention on the Future of Europe; Still a Union of deep diversity? The Convention and the Constitution for ; Europe; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The European Union is currently in the midst of a comprehensive process of reform and the aim of this book is to address the challenge of forging a legitimate Constitution for the EU. These authors clarify the constitutional status of the EU, to take stock of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Convention of the Future of Europe as vehicles to foster and create a European constitution.