The EU Constitution: The Best Way Forward?

Abstract

The Process and Impact of EU Constitution-making: Voice and Exit.- On the Power of the Word: Europe's Constitutional Iconography.- The Process of Ratification and the Crisis Options: A Legal Perspective.- Referendums on the Constitutional Treaty 2004: A Citizens' Voice?.- Flexibility and the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe.- The Process and Impact of EU Constitution-Making: 'Voice and Exit'.- The Constitutional Treaty and the Nature of European Constitutionalism: The Tension between Intergovernmentalism and Constitutionalism in the European Union.- Wine-Bottling Legitimacy or EU Legitimation by a Written Constitution.- Discourse, Authority and the Making of the EU Constitution.- Transparency and Legal Instruments in the EU Constitution.- Drawing the Threads Together from Parts I and III of the EU Constitution.- La Loi Europeenne: Promise and Pretence.- Control of Executive acts: The Procedural Solution. 'Proportionality, State of the Art Decision-Making and Relevant Interests'.- Operational Collaboration on Justice, Security and Policing in the Constitutional Framework.- Transparency in the Exercise of Power in the 'Constitutionalized' Union: The Problem of Diffused Leadership and Responsibility.- The Democratic Life of the European Union.- The Role of Parliaments in the EU Constitutional Framework: A Partnership or Rivalry?.- Theory and Reality of Public Access to EU Information.- European Citizenship: Origin, Contents and Perspectives.- The European Ombudsman and the EU Constitution.- Expansion of Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers.- Shared Leadership in the EU: Theory and Reality.- The Unstoppable Advance of the European Council.- The Evolution in the Role and Powers of the European Commission.- The Expanding Role of the European Parliament.- Expansion of Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers - A Contribution to the Debate.- Some Reflections on the Expansion of Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers.- Access to Justice and the EU Constitution.- The Workload of the EU Courts and the Citizen's Right to Have Access to a Judge.- The Expanding Role of the National Courts and the EU Constitution.- The Impact of the EU Constitution on the Relationship between Strasbourg and Luxembourg.- The Expanding Jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice.- Constitutionalizing Effective Remedies: Too Much on EU Courts, Too Little on National Courts.- Some Thoughts on Access to Justice within the European Constitutional Framework.- The Impact of the EU Constitution on selected Member States and neighbouring Countries.- The Impact of the EU Constitution on the National Constitutions: Focusing on the Netherlands' Constitutional Debate.- Some Points Concerning the EU Constitution from a Hungarian Perspective.- The Construction of The European Union: Recommendations from a Balkan Perspective.- The EU Constitution and Its Impact on Relations with the Russian Federation.