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Who’s Afraid of a European Constitution?Neil MacCormick
96 pages £8.95/$17.90 |
In this short but authoritative book, the nature and purpose of the European Constitution are explained by someone involved in its preparation. The author discusses how it was drafted, and tackles some much debated questions: whether it promises any enhancement of democracy in the EU, whether it implies that the EU is becoming a superstate, and whether it will strengthen the principle of subsidiarity and the protection of human rights.
Sir Neil MacCormick is Regius Professor of Public Law at Edinburgh University and also a Leverhulme research professor. He was an MEP from 1999–2004, and a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe from 2002–3.
"This book is written in such an accessible style that those with a passing curiosity should find it informative. Those already familiar with the heavy tomes on EC and EU law should find this book both entertaining and thought provoking." Maria O'Neill, Scolag Legal Journal
Table of Contents
Prologue
1 A democratic deficit
2 How did the Draft Constitution come about?
3 What is in this Constitution?
4 Does it handle human rights satisfactorily?
5 Is it too long and detailed?
6 Do we want a Constitution at all?
7 Will the European Union become a superstate if the Constitution
is adopted?
8 Is European-scale democracy possible at all?
9 Accountable executives?
10 What is ‘subsidiarity’, and why does it matter?
11 Do the ‘Regions’ get their proper place in Europe?
12 Fisheries as a special problem
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