03060nam 2200613Ia 450 991078569080332120200520144314.01-282-98599-X97866129859971-4422-0857-0(CKB)2670000000070036(EBL)652278(OCoLC)700706976(SSID)ssj0000467953(PQKBManifestationID)12129760(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467953(PQKBWorkID)10496980(PQKB)11099499(MiAaPQ)EBC652278(Au-PeEL)EBL652278(CaPaEBR)ebr10447163(CaONFJC)MIL298599(EXLCZ)99267000000007003620100722d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Constitution's gift[electronic resource] a constitutional theory for a democratic European Union /John Erik Fossum and Agustín José MenéndezNew York Rowman & Littlefield Publishers20111 online resource (315 p.)Governance in Europe SeriesIncludes index.0-7425-5311-6 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The European Enigma; Chapter 1. Introducing theConstitutional Tool Kit; Chapter 2. A Theory of Constitutional Synthesis; Chapter 3. From Paris to Nice: The Constitutional Path of European Integration; Chapter 4. From Laeken to Lisbon: Moving Beyond Synthesis or Heightened Constitutional Ambiguity?; Chapter 5. Untangling the Knots by Means of the Theory of Constitutional Synthesis; Chapter 6. Canada's Constitutional Experience and Lessons for Europe; Conclusion: The Future of a Constitutional Experiment; Notes; IndexThis authoritative study considers all aspects of the European Union's distinctive constitution since its inception. A unique political animal, the EU has given rise to important constitutional conundrums and paradoxes that the authors explore in detail. Their analysis illuminates the distinctive features of the Union's pluralist constitutional construct and provides the tools to understand the Union's development, especially during the Laeken (2001-2005) and Lisbon (2007-2009) processes of constitutional reform and spells out the parallels between the European and the Canadian conGovernance in Europe SeriesConstitutional lawEuropean Union countriesPhilosophyConstitutional historyEuropean Union countriesConstitutional lawEuropean Union countriesConstitutional lawPhilosophy.Constitutional historyConstitutional law342.24Fossum John Erik618122Menéndez Agustín José524489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785690803321The Constitution's gift3761051UNINA