The European Constitution and national constitutions : ratification and beyond / editors: Anneli Albi, Jacques Ziller.

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Other Authors: Albi, Anneli, Ziller, Jacques
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International, [2007]
Series:European monographs ; 54.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the European Constitution and national constitutions in the context of 'post-national constitutionalism' / Anneli Albi
  • PART I : RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY AND THE IMPACT ON NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS: Ratification of the European Constitution in Lithuania and its impact on the national constitutional system / Irmantas Jarukaitis
  • Ratification of the European Constitution in Hungary : problems and challenges / Jeno Czuczai
  • The ratification of the European Constitutional Treaty in Italy / Marta Cartabia
  • Spain's ratification of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe : prior constitutional review, referendum and parliamentary approval / Pablo Perez Tremps and Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz
  • Germany and the EU Constitutional Treaty / Rainer Arnold
  • Belgium : the lock-through system / Francis Delpérée
  • Ratification of the European Constitution in Estonia : a new constitution for Estonia? / Julia Laffranque
  • The European Constitution in the far North, in a country called Suomi / Tuomas Ojanen
  • PART II : OBSTACLES TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY AND ISSUES FOR NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS: French reactions to the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe : from constitutional welcome to popular rejection / Jacques Ziller
  • The Dutch Constitution, the European Constitution and the referendum in the Netherlands / Leonard Besselink
  • PART III : ADJOURNMENT OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY : WAIT AND SEE?: The United Kingdom : a tragi-comedy in three acts / Clive Church
  • Ratification of the European Constitution : implications for Ireland / Gerard Hogan
  • Denmark's waning constitutionalism and Article 20 of the Constitution on Transfer of Sovereignty / Hjalte Rasmussen
  • Ratification without debate and debate without ratification : the European Constitution in Slovakia and the Czech Republic / Zdenek Kühn
  • The Polish Constitution, the European Constitutional Treaty and the principle of supremacy / Adam Lazowski
  • Sweden's possible ratification of the EU Constitution : a case-study of 'wait and see' / Joakim Nergelius
  • A view from a candidate country : implications for Croatia of (non) ratification of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe / Siniša Rodin and Tamara Capeta
  • PART IV : RATIFICATION IN LIGHT OF THE NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY AND THE INSTRUMENT OF REFERENDUM: The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe : some general reflections on its character and prospects for ratification / Jürgen Schwarze
  • Institutional changes in the Constitutional Treaty : a reason for its rejection? / Peter-Christian Müller-Graff
  • The European Constitution and the role of national parliaments : hard law language, soft content / Philipp Kiiver
  • The European Constitution and the role of national constitutional courts / Monica Claes
  • Reconciling widening and deepening : enlargement as a vehicle to break the Union's constitutional deadlock / Steven Blockmans
  • National referendums in the process of European integration : time for change / Andreas Auer
  • Electorates v. politicians : the 2005 French and Dutch referendums on the EU Constitutional Treaty / George Tridimas and Takis Tridimas
  • Conclusions / Jacques Ziller.