Book Details
Orange Code:91108
Paperback:290 pages
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Sections:
1. Overviewoftheaccession process2. Constitutional adaptations in the ‘old’ Member States3. Some idiosyncrasies of CEE constitutions4. Constitutional issues in the pre-accession period5. Revision of CEE constitutions for EU membership6. Theoretical views of sovereignty and democratic legitimacy in CEE7. Referendums8. Membership of NATO and other international organisations9. Role of Constitutional Courts10. Implications of the European Constitution
Description:
In the wake of the EU's greatest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation of the constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for membership in the European Union. In response to the painful past, these new constitutions were notably closed to transfer of powers to international organizations, and accorded a prominent status to sovereignty and independence. A little more than a decade later, the process of amending these provisions in view of the transfer of sovereign powers to a supranational organization has proved a sensitive and controversial exercise
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