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Critical Reflections on Constitutional Democracy in the European Union

"This book takes a wide-ranging approach to tackle the complex question of the current state of constitutional democracy in the EU. It brings together a broad set of academics and practitioners, legal and political perspectives, focusing on both topical and perennial issues concerning constitut...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Garben, Sacha
Other Authors: Govaere, Inge, Nemitz, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
Series:Modern Studies in European Law Ser.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > European Union countries.
Rule of law > European Union countries.
Democracy > European Union countries.
Constitutional law
Democracy
Rule of law
European Union countries
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Critical reflections on the current state of constitutional democracy in the EU and beyond
  • / Section 1: Autocracy, populism and Brexit
  • 2. The rise of populism and the malaise of democracy / Cesare Pinelli.
  • 3. The 'democratic deficits of the US and EU compared / R. Daniel Kelemen.
  • 4. Constitutional overload in a constitutional democracy : the UK and the Brexit process Michael Gordon.
  • Section 2. Constitutionalism in the EU.
  • 5. EU Fundamental Rights Legislation: The Constitutional Imbroglio / Elise Muir.
  • The value of constitutionalism in the European Union / Armin Hatje.
  • Section 3: Constitutional democracy in the Eurozone
  • 7. Is there a deficit of throughput legitimacy in the EU? Vivien A. Schmidt.
  • 8. Accountability through self-governance in EU economic governance / Ana Bobic.
  • 9. 'Where the Law Runs Out': the overburdening of law and constitutional adjudication by the financial crisis and Europe's new modes of economic governance / Christian Joerges.
  • Part II. An institutional perspective on EU constitutional democracy.
  • 10. The double legitimacy and multiple accountability of the European Commission : some reflections on its constitutional democratic role / Ben Smulders.
  • 11. The accidental democracy :a European Model / María José Martínez Iglesias.
  • 12. Democratic participation and transparency of the EU Council / Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm.
  • 13. The role of the Court of Justice in the legitimation of the EU's action : the transparency principle examples / Georges Vallindas.
  • 14. Transparency and accountability of EU decentralised agencies and agencification in light of the common approach on EU decentralised agencies / Merijn Chamon.
  • 15. From deparliamentarisation to a parliamentary renaissance? National parliaments in the EU Polity / Adam Cygan.
  • 16. Disruptive democracy: keeping EU citizens in a box / Päivi Leino
  • Part III. EU constitutional democracy : pistes de reflection for the future.
  • 17. Beyond Rhetoric: Education for Democratic Citizenship in the European Union / Kris Grimonprez.
  • 18. Strengthening Democracy in Europe and its Resilience Against Autocracy: Daring More Democracy and a European Democracy Charter/ Paul Nemitz and Frithjof Ehm.
  • 19. The Principle of Legality and the EU's Legitimacy as a Constitutional Democracy: A Research Agenda / Sacha Garben.

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