European Constitutions Compared

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber

doi:10.17104/9783406795336

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-406-72923-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-406-79533-6
Publisher: C.H.BECK Recht - Wirtschaft - Steuern, München
Series: Beck International
Language: English
Pages: 222
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XVIII
1. I. European Constitutional Law (ECL) No access
2. II. European Constitutions Compared No access
3. 1. 1. Comparative Constitutional Law No access
  2. 2. A Distinct Method of Interpretation? No access
1. I. Notion of Constitution No access
2. II. Normative and Factual Constitution No access
3. III. Some Considerations on the Evolution of European Constitutionalism No access
4. 1. 1. Single Document No access
  2. 2. Primacy of Constitution No access
  3. 3. Enhanced Non-Revisibility No access
5. V. Constitution in a Substantial Sense No access
6. VI. Functions of Constitutions No access
1. I. Origin and categorisation of legal sources No access
2. 1. 1. Constitutional Norms No access
  2. 2. Statutes Implementing the Constitution No access
  3. 3. Autonomous Law-Making of Constitutional Organs No access
  4. 4. International and Supranational Law No access
3. 1. 1. a) Customary Constitutional Law No access
    2. b) General Principles of Law; Constitutional Principles No access
  2. 2. Unwritten Legally Not Binding Rules No access
4. IV. Judge-made Law No access
5. 1. 1. Written Sources No access
  2. 2. Unwritten Sources No access
1. I. Distinction Between Constituent Power (“pouvoir constituant”) and Amending Power (“pouvoir constitué”) No access
2. II. Normative Foundations No access
3. 1. 1. Rigid and Flexible Constitutions No access
  2. 1. a) Qualified Majorities in Parliament (Uni- or Bicameral Systems) No access
    2. b) Parliamentary Resolution and Subsequent Referendum No access
    3. c) Parliamentary Amending Proposal and Referendum No access
    4. d) Parliamentary Amendment Proposal and Confirmation by a Subsequent Elected Parliament No access
    5. e) Amendment Initiative of the People and Confirmation by Parliament No access
4. IV. Some Reflections on the Constituent and Amending Power in the European Union No access
1. 1. 1. Increased Formal Conditions for the Revision of Certain Substantial Elements No access
  2. 2. Substantial Norms Prohibiting Modification of the Constitution No access
2. II. The Interdiction of Unconstitutional Parties No access
3. 1. 1. Written or Unwritten Emergency Law? No access
  2. 2. Special Norms Prohibiting Constitutional Modifications in Emergency Situations No access
  3. 3. States of Internal Emergency No access
  4. 4. States of External Emergency in Times of Defence and War No access
4. 1. 1. Historical Evolution No access
  2. 2. Examples of a Codified Right to Resistance No access
1. I. Terminology No access
2. II. Promotion of Peace No access
3. III. Welfare State No access
4. IV. Protection of the Environment No access
5. 1. 1. Evolution No access
  2. 2. Types of Normativity No access
6. VI. Some Remarks on Constitutional Directive Principles on the European Union Level No access
1. I. Form of state: Monarchy or Republic? No access
2. 1. 1. Sovereignty of the People No access
  2. 2. Consensus and Complexity of the Notions of Democracy No access
  3. 1. a) Some Reflections on the Evolution of Representative Thought No access
    2. b) Conditions of Representative Democracy No access
  4. 4. Principles of Electoral Law No access
  5. 5. Forms of Direct Democracy No access
  6. 6. Political Parties No access
3. 1. 1. Evolution in Germany, France and Great Britain No access
  2. 2. The Rule of Law as a General Constitutional Principle No access
  3. 1. a) Separation of Powers No access
    2. b) The Subjection of Public Powers to the Constitution No access
    3. c) Primacy of and Reservation by Law No access
    4. d) Judicial Protection No access
    5. e) Legal Security No access
    6. f) Principle of Equality and Prohibition of Arbitrariness No access
    7. g) The Principle of the Rule of Law on the European Level No access
1. I. The Development of the Separation of Powers Model No access
2. II. Expressions of the Separation of Powers Principle in European Constitutions No access
3. III. Some reflections on the Separation of Functions at EU level No access
1. I. Existence and Development of Parliamentary Government Forms No access
2. 1. 1. Preliminary Comment on the Concept of Law No access
  2. 1. a) Great Britain No access
    2. b) Germany – Austria – Switzerland No access
    3. c) France No access
    4. d) Spain and Italy No access
    5. e) Other Countries No access
  3. 3. Ordinary Statutes No access
3. 1. 1. The Development of the Statutory Reservation No access
  2. 1. a) Great Britain No access
    2. b) Germany No access
    3. c) Switzerland No access
    4. d) Austria No access
    5. e) Constitutions with a priori control by parliamentary authorisation for legislation No access
    6. f) Ex Post Facto Control of the Legislative Competence of the Government No access
  3. 1. a) Law on Emergency Regulations by the Government No access
    2. b) Budgetary Legislation No access
4. 1. 1. a) Parliament No access
    2. b) Government No access
    3. c) People’s Initiative No access
    4. d) Right of Initiative of the Chambers Representing the Territorial Communities No access
    5. e) The State President No access
  2. 2. Debating Statutes and Resolving Conflicts No access
5. 1. 1. Election of the Head of State No access
  2. 1. a) Direct Election No access
    2. b) Appointment of the Government on the Basis of Assumed Confidence No access
    3. c) Appointment of the Government by Confidence Vote in Parliament No access
    4. d) Appointment of the Government by Vote of Confidence and/or Election No access
  3. 3. Election of Constitutional Judges No access
6. 1. 1. a) Putting of a Vote of Confidence No access
    2. b) Motion of No Confidence by Members of Parliament (“Motion de Censure”) No access
    3. c) Constructive Vote of No Confidence No access
    4. d) Self-dissolution of Parliament No access
  2. 2. Parliament’s Right of Citation and Right of Access of Members of the Government No access
  3. 3. Right of Questioning and Interpellation No access
  4. 4. Right of Investigation and Enquiry No access
7. 1. 1. a) Monocameral Systems No access
    2. b) Bicameral System No access
  2. 2. Self-organisation and Autonomy as to Standing Orders No access
  3. 3. Election Periods and Sessions No access
  4. 4. Organs of Parliament No access
  5. 1. a) Free Mandate No access
    2. b) Immunity and Indemnity No access
    3. c) Incompatibilities No access
    4. d) Compensation for Expenditure No access
  6. 6. The Parliamentary Ombudsman No access
8. VIII. Some Reflections on the European Parliament No access
1. I. Monist and Dualist Executives No access
2. 1. 1. Monarchies No access
  2. 1. a) Direct Election No access
    2. b) Indirect Election No access
3. 1. 1. Integration Function No access
  2. 1. a) Control of the Constitutionality of State Action No access
    2. b) Protective and Guarantee Function in Times of Crisis No access
  3. 3. Representation Function No access
  4. 4. The Arbitral and Mediation Function in the Political Process No access
  5. 5. Executive Functions No access
1. 1. 1. Embedding in Constitutional Texts No access
  2. 1. a) Monistic Executives No access
    2. b) Dualistic Executives No access
  3. 1. a) The Minister President (Prime Minister; Chancellor) No access
    2. b) Departmental Principle and Collegial Principle No access
2. 1. 1. Introduction and Definition No access
  2. 2. Principles of Organisation of the Administration in Unitary States No access
  3. 3. Administrative Organisation in Regionalised States No access
  4. 4. Administrative Organisation in Federal States No access
1. I. Constitutional Evolution and Function of the Judicial Power No access
2. II. The Organisation of the Judiciary No access
3. 1. 1. Nature and Evolution of Constitutional Review No access
  2. 1. a) Nomination of Judges No access
    2. b) Independence of Judges No access
  3. 3. Competences No access
4. 1. 1. a) Function and Composition No access
    2. b) Relationship Between Union and National Jurisdiction No access
  2. 1. a) Function and Structure No access
    2. b) The Relationship between National and European Human Rights Jurisdictions No access
1. I. Delimitation and Categorization of Unitary, Regionalized and Federal Systems No access
2. 1. 1. The Deconcentrated Unitary State No access
  2. 2. The Decentralised Unitary State No access
  3. 3. The Decentralised Unitary State with Partial Regional Autonomy No access
3. 1. 1. Regional Autonomy in the United Kingdom No access
  2. 2. Spain No access
  3. 3. Italy No access
4. 1. 1. Germany No access
  2. 2. Austria No access
  3. 3. Switzerland No access
  4. 4. Belgium No access
1. 1. 1. Clauses Enabling European Integration No access
  2. 2. Substantive Limits No access
  3. 3. Procedural Conditions No access
2. 1. 1. The Primacy of Union Law No access
  2. 2. Constitutional Limits of Integration No access
3. III. European Human Rights Convention and National Law No access
4. 1. 1. Securing Peace and International Cooperation No access
  2. 2. The Position and Application of Rules of International Law No access
Index No access Pages 209 - 222

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