The Legitimacy of European Constitutional Orders : : A Comparative Inquiry /

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The Legitimacy of European Constitutional Orders : : A Comparative Inquiry / / Marco Dani, Marco Goldoni, and Agustín J. Menéndez, editors.

"The Legitimacy of European Constitutional Orders is a systematic and comparative study of European constitutional orders, taking into consideration the national constitutional traditions of European countries, as well as the defining power of EU law. Drawing on a wealth of case studies, this b...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Dani, Marco,
Goldoni, Marco,
Menéndez, Agustín José,
Edward Elgar Publishing,
Place / Publishing House:Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (342 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Treading alongside the legitimacy pathways: an introduction
  • PART I Questioning the Legitimacy Pathways Theory
  • 2. The Democratic and Social Constitutional State as the paradigm of the post-World War II European constitutional experience
  • 3. The concept of revolution as a key to comparison: Ackerman's 'Revolutionary Constitutions' and Gramsci's 'Passive Revolutions'
  • 4. Constitutionalism in postwar Europe: revolutionary or counter-revolutionary?
  • PART II Questioning the Revolutionary Pathway
  • 5. A republic of parties: the Italian constitutional order through the lenses of the constitutional regime
  • 6. Portugal: from transformative to open constitutionalism
  • 7. Is France (really) revolutionary?
  • PART III Questioning the Establishment Pathway
  • 8. The British constitution in Ackerman's worldview: a critique
  • 9. Constitutional pathways in Scandinavia
  • 10. The elites, the people, and their court
  • 11. Revolution and elite negotiations: deconstructing constitutional pathways in Hungary and Poland
  • PART IV Legitimacy Pathways and European Integration
  • 12. The constitutionalization of European integration as a single, protracted 'constitutional moment' towards the establishment of EU final authority
  • 13. Incompatible constitutional paths? Making (constitutional) sense of the existential crisis of the European Union
  • 14. Afterword: European dilemmas
  • Index.

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