TY - BOOK AU - Dobson,Lynn AU - F²llesdal,Andreas TI - Political theory and the European constitution SN - 0415340675 (Hardback) AV - KJE4445 .P65 2004 U1 - 342.4 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Constitutional law KW - European Union countries N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-214) and index; Introduction / Lynn Dobson and Andreas Follesdal -- Is Euro-federalism a solution or a problem? Tocqueville inverted, perverted or subverted? / Phillippe C. Schmitter -- The EU as a self-sustaining federation : specifying the constitutional conditions / David McKay -- A union of peoples? diversity and the predicaments of a multinational polity / Peter A. Kraus -- The good, the bad and the ugly : the need for constitutional compromise and the drafting of the EU constitution / Richard Bellamy and Justus Schèonlau -- Europe : united under God? or not? / Tore Vincents Olsen -- The open method of co-ordination in the European convention : an opportunity lost? / Myrto Tsakatika -- Conceptions of freedom and the European constitution / Lynn Dobson -- The constitutional labelling of "the democratic life of the EU" : representative and participatory democracy / Stijn Smismans -- Transparency and legitimacy / Daniel Naurin -- An institutional dialogue on common principles : reflections on the significance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights / Claudia Attucci -- Motivating judges : democracy, judicial discretion, and the European court of Human Rights / Roberto Gargarella -- Conclusion / Andreas Follesdal and Lynn Dobson UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003026360.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2003026360-d.html ER -