European Constitutionalism

This book provides a new understanding of the European constitution as a multidimensional process of constitutionalization, constantly interacting with Member State constitutions.

Kaarlo Tuori (Author)

9781107451902, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 February 2017

418 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.6 kg

'… thought-provoking, striking … indispensable … Tuori's European Constitutionalism is an inevitable read for every scholar engaging in the debate on the constitution of the polity EU.' Paulina J. Starski, Yearbook of European Law

European Constitutionalism redraws the perimeters in the debate on the nature of the European constitution. Offering a fresh approach to both doctrinal and theoretical issues, this book discusses general characteristics of the European constitution under the headings of relationality, perspectivism and discursiveness, and contains forays to sectoral constitutionalization in the micro- and macroeconomic, social and security dimensions. European constitutionalism must be examined in its interaction with Member State constitutionalism, which plays an essential role in channelling democratic legitimacy to the EU. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars alike.

Prologue
Part I. General Characteristics: 1. Relationality
2. Interlude: the framing juridical constitution
3. Perspectivism
4. Discursiveness
Part II. Sectoral Constitutionalization: 5. The triumph of the microeconomic constitution
6. Mutation of the macroeconomic constitution
7. The European social constitution: between solidarity and access justice
8. The insecure security constitution
Epilogue.

Subject Areas: Constitutional & administrative law [LND], Law [L], EU & European institutions [JPSN2], Politics & government [JP]