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Nordic And Other European Constitutional Traditions by Joakim Nergelius (Editor)

By Joakim Nergelius (Editor)

Within the complex felony and political scenario that reigns in Europe in the interim, characterised no longer least by means of the uncertainty of what occurs with the proposed ecu structure after detrimental ends up in the French and Dutch referendums in 2005, it has turn into more and more vital to examine the european constitutional frameworks from historic and comparative views. This ebook offers new insights in response to views from Member States similar to Germany and Italy in addition to the Nordic nations. It additionally offers with eu criminal and philosophical historical past usually, in addition to precise matters like nearer cooperation between ‘Core States’ and the position of the court docket of Justice in contemporary EC legislation improvement. it really is of curiosity either for felony practitioners and students in addition to scholars of political technological know-how and heritage.

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2003. Auðunn Arnórsson: Op. , pp. 7–16. 36 Nordic and Other European Constitutional Traditions Although it is clear that Iceland’s membership in the EEA has led to many positive changes in Icelandic society, the weaknesses of the EEA Agreement have become increasingly evident with the passage of time. The prediction that Alþingi would become little more than a rubber stamp for EU legislation has been confirmed by experience. 28 There has been very little Icelandic research on this question, and the extent to which membership in the EEA has affected Icelandic judicial practice has likewise been little examined.

Focus in this constitutionalist theory, then, is not primarily on the relation between the Member States and the Union (like in a public international law view), but on the protection of the individuals and on institutional balance, both between the institutions of the Union and with the Member States. The consequence of the constitutionalist theory is that we can, on such an account, hold the European Union to be a constitutional order even if it is not a state. Conclusion In sum, depending on which of the fundamental constitutional theories of popular sovereignty or constitutionalism we apply, there will be diverging answers to the question of whether the European Union has a constitution or not.

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