Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I. 'We Will Do …': 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 …': 6. Introduction: the reformation of European constitutionalism; 7. Fin-de-siècle 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.

'The Constitution of Europe is an important book about a mighty issue written by someone who is non-partisan. J. H. H. Weiler is an academic before he is a protagonist. He is well versed in the judgements of the European Court, and sensitive to the nuances and changes of European law and politics. He prides himself on being neither Eurosceptic nor Eurofederalist, in an age where Europeans are being forced to join one or other of the warring camps.' John Redwood, The Times Literary Supplement