Legitimising a European Constitution
A Limited, Pluralistic and Efficient Democratic Model for the European Union- Authors:
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- 2007
Summary
The discontent with the European Union expressed in the referenda over the Maastricht Treaty in the beginning of the 1990s and more recently enunciated through the French and Dutch rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty has widely been perceived as being a consequence of the Union"s legitimacy deficit. There might be different reasons for this deficit. Whereas some argue that it is rooted in a lack of Humean legitimacy, i.e. a lack of utilitarian problem-solving capacity (output legitimacy), others hold that it is a consequence of the lack of Lockean legitimacy or popular consent or approval of the Union, i.e. a lack of democratic legitimacy (input legitimacy). It is the aim of this book to introduce a democratic model that bridges these two sources of legitimacy and which, bearing in mind the unique institutional, legal and societal qualities of the European Union, could provide a solid basis of legitimacy of the European Union in general and the European Constitutional Treaty in particular.
Dr. Tor-Inge Harbo holds a Norwegian law degree and a MA in European Studies. His PhD thesis was written under the supervision of Professor Dr. iur. Ulrich K. Preuss at the Free University of Berlin, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Studies, Department Legal Bases of Politics. He is currently working as a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.
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Bibliographic data
- Edition
- 1/2007
- Copyright Year
- 2007
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8329-2702-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8452-0277-8
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 290
- Product Type
- Monograph
Table of contents
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- List of Abbreviations No access Pages 13 - 14Authors:
- Introduction No access Pages 15 - 20Authors:
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- Collectivism (equality) No accessAuthors:
- Individualism (liberty) No accessAuthors:
- Justice (liberty and equality) No accessAuthors:
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- Retrenchment No accessAuthors:
- Intervention No accessAuthors:
- Conclusion No access Pages 50 - 52Authors:
- Introduction No access Pages 52 - 53Authors:
- Classical participatory democracy No access Pages 53 - 55Authors:
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- Institutional representation (bound or unbound) No accessAuthors:
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- Lobbying No accessAuthors:
- Liberal corporatism and consociationalism No accessAuthors:
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- Majoritarianism No accessAuthors:
- Associative and deliberative democracy No accessAuthors:
- Modern participatory democracy No accessAuthors:
- Direct democracy No accessAuthors:
- Conclusion No access Pages 75 - 77Authors:
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- Homo politicus (citoyens) and homo oeconomicus (bourgeois) No accessAuthors:
- The liberal individualistic approach No accessAuthors:
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- Conclusion No access Pages 98 - 100Authors:
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- The origin of the federal idea No accessAuthors:
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- Introduction No access Pages 130 - 131Authors:
- Treaty (subjects, making, revision, termination, arbitration) No access Pages 131 - 134Authors:
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- Republican (political) constitutionalism No accessAuthors:
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- Liberal and republican constitutions No accessAuthors:
- A dual concept of constitutionalism No accessAuthors:
- Constitutional review No accessAuthors:
- Constitutional Treaty No access Pages 150 - 152Authors:
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- Constitutionalisation of the EC Treaties No accessAuthors:
- A European pouvoir constituant No accessAuthors:
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- What kind of Constitutional Treaty? No accessAuthors:
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- Welfare regimes remain national states No accessAuthors:
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