Book contents
- Europe’s Second Constitution
- Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
- Europe’s Second Constitution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Demos Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
- 3 Civitas Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
- 4 Ius Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
- 5 Addressing the Legal Obstacles to EU Constitutionalization
- 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Ius Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 September 2020
- Europe’s Second Constitution
- Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
- Europe’s Second Constitution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Demos Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
- 3 Civitas Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
- 4 Ius Obstacles to European Constitutionalization
- 5 Addressing the Legal Obstacles to EU Constitutionalization
- 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The absence of a single legal system, according to critics, is one of the three most important dimensions in which further European constitutionalization finds itself stymied. For critics, a constitutional polity must be founded with one common legal system. From this view, if the European Union has no common understanding of the rule of law, it is doomed. Concerns include (1) an unclear role for a Federal Court and its appellate powers, (2) a lack of uniform trans-European procedures for selection of justices, (3) a lack of clear rules for constitutional review, (4) indeterminate jurisdiction vis-à-vis the (Member) States and (5) the unresolved matter of ultimate legal authority itself (Kompetenz-Kompetenz).
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- Europe's Second ConstitutionCrisis, Courts and Community, pp. 155 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020