Governing Europe under a constitution : the hard road from the European treaties to a European Constitutional Treaty / Herm.-Josef Blanke, Stelio Mangiameli, editors
Front Matter; European integration through constitutional law; The ability of a European Constitution to forge a European identity; "Identity building" by means of a European Constitution? Some reflections from a Swiss point of view; Perspectives of the Project for a European Constitution; The Issue of the Legal Nature of the Constitutional Treaty and the System of Sources; Economic and market direction in the European Constitution; A first evaluation of the European Constitution; Some critical remarks on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
Summary
Contains articles from experts from politics and academia of different Member States about the basic principles of the actual constitutional law of the European Union and its need of reform through a Constitution for Europe