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The constitution of Europe : "do the new clothes have an emperor?" and other essays on European integration / J.H.H. Weiler.

By: Weiler, Joseph, 1951-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: xvi, 364 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0521584736 ; 0521585678 .Subject(s): Constitutional law -- European Union countries | European Union countries -- Economic integrationDDC classification: 341.750614
Contents:
Part 1 "We will do ..." -- Introduction: "We will do, and hearken" -- The transformation of Europe -- Fundamental rights and fundamental boundaries: on the conflict of standards and values in the protection of human rights in the European legal space -- The external legal relations of non-unitary actors: mixity and the federal principle -- The least-dangerous branch: a retrospective and prospective of the European court of justice in the arena of political integration -- Part 2 "We will hearken ... " -- Introduction: the reformation of European constitutionalism -- Fin-de-siede Europe: do the new clothes have an emperor? -- European democracy and its critics: polity and system -- The autonomy of the community legal order: through the looking glass -- To be a European citizen: Eros and civilization.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In a series of highly accessible discussions concerning the legal framework of the European Communities and the European Union, Joseph Weiler describes the gradual strengthening of transnational European institutions at the expense of national legislators. The Constitution of Europe thus provides from a legal perspective a balanced and uniquely authoritative critique of the attractions and demerits of the goal of European integration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 "We will do ..." -- Introduction: "We will do, and hearken" -- The transformation of Europe -- Fundamental rights and fundamental boundaries: on the conflict of standards and values in the protection of human rights in the European legal space -- The external legal relations of non-unitary actors: mixity and the federal principle -- The least-dangerous branch: a retrospective and prospective of the European court of justice in the arena of political integration -- Part 2 "We will hearken ... " -- Introduction: the reformation of European constitutionalism -- Fin-de-siede Europe: do the new clothes have an emperor? -- European democracy and its critics: polity and system -- The autonomy of the community legal order: through the looking glass -- To be a European citizen: Eros and civilization.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Part I 'We Will Do âÇ '
  • 1 Introduction: 'We will do, and hearken'
  • 2 The transformation of Europe
  • 3 Fundamental rights and fundamental boundaries: on the conflict of standards and values in the protection of human rights in the European legal space
  • 4 The external legal relations of non-unitary actors: mixity and the federal principle
  • 5 The least-dangerous branch: a retrospective and prospective of the European Court of Justice in the arena of political integration
  • Part II 'We Will Hearken âÇ '
  • 6 Introduction: the reformation of European constitutionalism
  • 7 Fin-de-siÿcle Europe: do the new clothes have an emperor?
  • 8 European democracy and its critics: policy and system
  • 9 The autonomy of the Community legal order: through the looking glass
  • 10 To be a European citizen: Eros and civilisation
  • Index

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CHOICE Review

In this volume Weiler (Harvard and European Univ. Institute) reinforces his reputation as one of the most dynamic and prolific writers concerned with the legal and political aspects of European integration. The work consists of revised versions of nine previously published essays, bundled together with a new introduction and index. Written over a period of ten years, the essays interrogate various aspects of the European Union's constitutional legal order. The book has two parts. The first is devoted to exploring the Union's structure and historical dynamics---the means of Europe's emerging constitutional system. The essays in the second part consider the values underlying European integration--the ends of the European legal order. The author's overarching argument is that Europe enjoys a constitutional legal order whose constitutional theory is incomplete, whose transcendent values are insufficiently elaborated, and whose social rootedness and political legitimacy are highly contingent. While many undergraduate readers may perhaps find it a trifle complex, this book is recommended for legal collections as well as any library with a serious European integration focus in its social sciences collection. W. Maas; Yale University

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