Responses to the European Commission's White Paper on Governance
-Civil Society and the White Paper - Bridging or Jumping the Gaps?
Kenneth A. Armstrong
1. Introduction - Between Concrete Achievements and Disappointed Expectations
2. The Promises and Problems of 'European Civil Society'
3. The White Paper and the Rights and Responsibilities of European Civil Society
4. Conclusions - the Paradox of Transnational Civil Society and the Ironies of Myopia
-Federalism and Constitutionalism: Europe's Sonderweg*
J.H.H. Weiler
"The methods of federalism are not only a means of organising states. Federalism is a political and legal philosophy which adapts itself to all political contexts on both the municipal and the international level, wherever and whenever two basic prerequisites are fulfilled: the search for unity, combined with genuine respect for the autonomy and the legitimate interests of the participant entities."
I. Introduction: Europe's Fateful Choice
II. Authority, Submission and Emancipation: A Parable
III. Neither Kelsen nor Schmitt: The Principle of European Constitutional Tolerance - Concept and Praxis.
-CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE "INTEGRATED" STATES OF EUROPE
Francisco Rubio Llorente *
Harvard Law School
"Although the process of forming national constitutions in European states began more than two centuries ago, the actual texts of EU member state constitutions all date from the present century, with the single, obvious exception of the British constitution."
(1) Justifying an adjective
(2) European constitutional texts
(3) European parliamentarianism
(4) Constitutional jurisdiction and fundamental rights
(5) The state form: federalism and nationalism
(6) Constitutional law and European integration
Does the European Union have a Constitution ? Does it need one?
Jean-Claude Piris *
"Do the international treaties on which the European Union is founded constitute a "Constitutional Charter" ?
This first question has already received an answer from the Court of Justice of the European Communities. One may stress that:
- the treaties on which the EU is founded go far beyond classic international treaties, and
- they do indeed contain some important elements which are mentioned by law dictionaries as defining what a Constitution is."
-A New Constitution for the Old Continent?
Elisabeth Pond (Autun 2001)
Published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Washington Quarterly is a journal of international affairs.
"On the heels of their squabbling at the European summit in Nice last December, some Europeans are plunging toward writing a real constitution for the European Union (EU)-and possibly even creating a "federation.""
-The Federal Future of Europe
"The history, current state, and likely future of the European Union
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The European Union is building step-by-step a new federal system based on states, nations, and regions. In his authoritative and comprehensive book, Dusan Sidjanski describes the formation of the original European Community and the dynamics of the process of integration that has brought the Union to its current state. He then provides a sophisticated analytic framework for considering the future of the Union."
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