The EU constitution: the best way forward?

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Biografical Information: Utrecht University.
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Netherlands
Publication Information: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press ; West Nyack, NY : Distributed exclusively by … Cambridge University Press, ©2005
Publication Type (Medium): Conference papers and proceedings, Congresses
Material: Conference publication, Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
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XXXII, 555 pages ; 25 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, The EU constitution: the best way forward? is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: edited by Deirdre Curtin, Alfred E. Kellermann, Steven Blockmans.
Publication Date: 2005
Copyright Date: 2005
Location: West Nyack, NY
Country/State: Netherlands
Number of Editions: 9 editions
First edition Date: 2005
Last edition Date: 2006
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KJE4444
Dewey Code: 341.2422
ISBN: 9789067042000 9067042005
OCLC: 69124619

Main Contents

The Process and Impact of EU Constitution-making: Voice and Exit.- On the Power of the Word: Europe's Constitutional Iconography.- The Process of Ratification and the Crisis Options: A Legal Perspective.- Referendums on the Constitutional Treaty 2004: A Citizens' Voice?.- Flexibility and the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe.- The Process and Impact of EU Constitution-Making: 'Voice and Exit'.- The Constitutional Treaty and the Nature of European Constitutionalism: The Tension between Intergovernmentalism and Constitutionalism in the European Union.- Wine-Bottling Legitimacy or EU Legitimation by a Written Constitution.- Discourse, Authority and the Making of the EU Constitution.- Transparency and Legal Instruments in the EU Constitution.- Drawing the Threads Together from Parts I and III of the EU Constitution.- La Loi Europeenne: Promise and Pretence.- Control of Executive acts: The Procedural Solution. 'Proportionality, State of the Art Decision-Making and Relevant Interests'.- Operational Collaboration on Justice, Security and Policing in the Constitutional Framework.- Transparency in the Exercise of Power in the 'Constitutionalized' Union: The Problem of Diffused Leadership and Responsibility.- The Democratic Life of the European Union.- The Role of Parliaments in the EU Constitutional Framework: A Partnership or Rivalry?.- Theory and Reality of Public Access to EU Information.- European Citizenship: Origin, Contents and Perspectives.- The European Ombudsman and the EU Constitution.- Expansion of Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers.- Shared Leadership in the EU: Theory and Reality.- The Unstoppable Advance of the European Council.- The Evolution in the Role and Powers of the European Commission.- The Expanding Role of the European Parliament.- Expansion of Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers – A Contribution to the Debate.- Some Reflections on the Expansion of Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers.- Access to Justice and the EU Constitution.- The Workload of the EU Courts and the Citizen's Right to Have Access to a Judge.- The Expanding Role of the National Courts and the EU Constitution.- The Impact of the EU Constitution on the Relationship between Strasbourg and Luxembourg.- The Expanding Jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice.- Constitutionalizing Effective Remedies: Too Much on EU Courts, Too Little on National Courts.- Some Thoughts on Access to Justice within the European Constitutional Framework.- The Impact of the EU Constitution on selected Member States and neighbouring Countries.- The Impact of the EU Constitution on the National Constitutions: Focusing on the Netherlands' Constitutional Debate.- Some Points Concerning the EU Constitution from a Hungarian Perspective.- The Construction of The European Union: Recommendations from a Balkan Perspective.- The EU Constitution and Its Impact on Relations with the Russian Federation.

Summary Note

Discusses the way forward for a possible Constitution for Europe.

Part I. The process and impact of EU Constitution-making: voice and exit
Part II. Transparency and legal instruments in the EU Constitution
Part III. The democratic life of the European Union
Part IV. Expansion of executive, judicial and legislative powers
Part V. Access to justice and the EU Constitution
Part VI. Country specific analyses
Summing-up and conclusions
Annexes.

The EU constitution: the best way forward?

The EU constitution: the best way forward?