The Unity of the European Constitution

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