Legitimacy of European Constitutional Orders A Comparative Inquiry
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Edited by Marco Dani, Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Italy, Marco Goldoni, Professor of Philosophy of Law, School of Law, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK and AgustĂn JosĂ© MenĂ©ndez, Associate Professor of Political Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Society, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain<i>âThis edited volume stands out in the literature for its genuinely innovative contribution to our understanding of postwar European constitutionalism. Analyzing European constitutional histories through the prism of Bruce Ackerman's work on revolutionary constitutionalism, the chapters combine careful contextual analysis with US-style grand theory, offering the best of both worlds. By retelling the stories of our origins, this collection provides new insights and inspires us to think more deeply about where we are headed. It deserves a wide readership, both in Europe and beyond.â</i>
- Michaela Hailbronner, University of MĂŒnster, Germany,
<i>âA textured, polyphonic reply to Ackermanâs âRevolutionary Constitutionsâ, this highly readable volume offers fresh analyses of constitutional transformation in several European countries, connecting national experiences to supra-national developments and revisiting critically Ackermanâs taxonomies. An essential contribution to the literature on European constitutionalism and constitutional theory, this is comparative teamwork at its best.â</i>
- Daniela Caruso, Boston University, US,
Drawing on a wealth of case studies, this book explores the trajectories followed by European national constitutional orders in their efforts to attain legitimacy. More in particular, the book investigates Bruce Ackermanâs influential world constitutionalism project and engages with the three legitimacy pathways put forward therein; that is, the revolutionary, the establishment, and the elite pathways. Such ideal trajectories are revisited and found in need of being questioned so as to furnish the conceptual tools essential in the efforts of reconstructing and assessing the European constitutional orders. The book also considers the relevance of constitutional transformation and change in comparative constitutional law, and accounts for the manifold impacts of the European integration process on national constitutional trajectories.
Offering an original perspective on the issue of constitutional legitimacy in the European context, this comprehensive book will be of interest to scholars and students of comparative law, constitutional law, European law, political science and constitutional theory as well as researchers and practitioners in these fields.