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Europe as a Space of Constitutional Interdependence: New Questions about the Preliminary Ruling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Marta Cartabia

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The European continent has become a space of constitutional interdependence and consequently, national Constitutional Courts are now embedded in a constitutional fabric made of national constitutions, European Union (EU) law, European treaties, and conventions. This is all the more evident in the domain of fundamental rights.

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German Law Journal , Volume 16 , Issue 6: Special issue – Preliminary References to the Court of Justice of The European Union by Constitutional Courts , December 2015 , pp. 1791 - 1796
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Copyright © 2015 by German Law Journal GbR 

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