EU Constitutionalism in the State Constitutional Tradition

Neil Walker

No 21, EUI-LAW Working Papers from European University Institute (EUI), Department of Law

Abstract: This paper sets out to examine whether and on what basis it is possible to 'carry over' the state constitutional tradition to the European Union context. It makes a case for a context-transcending five-dimensional conception of constitutionalism, embracing legal order, political system, self-authorization, societal integration and political reflexivity. It argues that the EU presently possesses a truncated constitutionalism in which only the first two dimensions are well-developed, and that its long-term legitimacy depends upon the fuller development of the last three dimensions- whether or not in the form of a documentary Constitution.

Keywords: law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-09-01
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