The Unity of the European Constitution

✍ Scribed by Dr. iur., Dipl.-Soz. Jürgen Bast, Dr. iur., L.L.M. Philipp Dann (auth.), Philipp Dann, Michał Rynkowski (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 387
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht 186
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book collects the contributions to a conference of a group of young Polish and German public law scholars on the Constitutional Law of the European Union. The articles explore from different angles and in different fields the concept of the unity and its limited realization in the primary and constitutional law of the European Union. They analyze the coherence of the EU's constitutional structure in the face of diversity, and the EU law's independence from ordinary public international law.

They also deal with "unity versus differentiation", i.e. the horizontal, cross-sectoral homogeneity of European constitutional law and, finally, examine the territorial and temporal aspects of unity. The contributors are promising, as they are nationals from two Member States, Poland and Germany, "new" and "old", who teach and conduct research in four different European countries. The diversity of that group itself offers enriching perspectives on the given topic.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
European Ungleichzeitigkeit : Introductory Remarks on a Binational Discussion about Unity in the European Union....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Constitutional Treaty as a Reflexive Constitution....Pages 13-36
Thoughts on a Methodology of European Constitutional Law....Pages 37-59
Comment on Philipp Dann: Some Remarks on the Methodology of the “Constitutional Law” of the European Union....Pages 61-65
The Primacy of European Union Law Over National Law Under the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 67-86
Supremacy — Lost? Comment on Roman Kwiecień....Pages 87-96
The Democracy Concept of the European Union: Coherent Constitutional Principle or Prosaic Declaration of Intent?....Pages 97-118
Comment on Niels Petersen: A Democratic Union: Coherent Constitutional Principle or Prosaic Declaration of Intent....Pages 119-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
The Plurality of the Legislative Process and a System for Attributing Procedures to Competences....Pages 129-150
The Concept of the “Legislative” Act in the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 151-169
Comment on Alexander Türk: The Concept of the “Legislative Act”....Pages 171-174
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The ECB and the New Institutional Concept....Pages 175-195
Comment on Timo Tohidipur....Pages 197-205
The Right to an Effective Remedy Pursuant to Article II-107 Paragraph 1 of the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 207-225
Comment on Katharina Pabel: The Right to an Effective Remedy in a Polycentric Legal System....Pages 227-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Developments in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Brought About by the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 235-253
Comment on Dagmara Kornobis-Romanowska: Conceptual Changes in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice through the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 255-262
Constitutionalization of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union: Implications of the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 263-282
Comment on Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski: Constitutionalization of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union: Implications of the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 283-287
Common Commercial Policy: The Expanding Competence of the European Union in the Area of International Trade....Pages 289-304
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Comment on Dorota Leczykiewicz: Common Commercial Policy: The Expanding Competence of the European Union in the Area of International Trade....Pages 305-311
Fundamental Rights Concerning Biomedicine in the Constitutional Treaty and Their Effect on the Diverse Legal Systems of Member States....Pages 313-331
Comment on Atina Krajewska: Plural Concepts of Human Dignity and the Constitutional Treaty....Pages 333-341
Remarks on Art. I-52 of the Constitutional Treaty: New Aspects of the European Ecclesiastical Law?....Pages 343-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
“United in Diversity” — The Integration of Enhanced Cooperation into the European Constitutional Order....Pages 357-375
Comment on Daniel Thym: United in Diversity or Diversified in the Union?....Pages 377-382
Observations on the Right to Withdraw from the European Union: Who Are the “Masters of the Treaties”?....Pages 383-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-396

✦ Subjects

European Law/Public International Law; European Integration; Social Sciences, general