Book contents
- Reviews
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion toComparative Constitutional Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases (Selection)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Historical Experiences
- Part III Constitutional Principles
- Part IV State Institutions
- Part V Transnational Constitutionalism
- 18 Multi-Layered Constitutions
- 19 International Constitutionalism
- 20 European Constitutionalism
- 21 A New Commonwealth Constitutionalism?
- 22 Constitutional Transplants
- Index
- References
20 - European Constitutionalism
from Part V - Transnational Constitutionalism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2019
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Book contents
- Reviews
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion toComparative Constitutional Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases (Selection)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Historical Experiences
- Part III Constitutional Principles
- Part IV State Institutions
- Part V Transnational Constitutionalism
- 18 Multi-Layered Constitutions
- 19 International Constitutionalism
- 20 European Constitutionalism
- 21 A New Commonwealth Constitutionalism?
- 22 Constitutional Transplants
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter, ‘European constitutionalism’ refers to European Union constitutionalism. European constitutionalism will be examined as an epitome of transnational constitutionalism; i.e. as a species of constitutionalism distinct from state or national constitutionalism.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law , pp. 521 - 553Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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Further Reading
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Lindseth, P., Power and Legitimacy: Reconciling Europe and the Nation-State (Oxford University Press, 2010).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
MacCormick, N.D., Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State and Nation in the European Commonwealth (Oxford University Press, 1999).Google Scholar
Pernice, I., ‘The Treaty of Lisbon: Multilevel Constitutionalism in Action’ (2009) 15 Columbia Journal of European Law 349–407.Google Scholar
Scharpf, F.W., Governing in Europe: Effective and Democratic? (Oxford University Press, 1999).Google Scholar
Schütze, R., ‘Constitutionalism and the European Union’, in Barnard, C. and Peers, S. (eds.), European Union Law (Oxford University Press, 2014), 71–96.Google Scholar