This chapter addresses the question of whether the EU has a constitution. This question has plagued EU law ever since its birth. The chapter explores the formal constitutionalist credentials of the Union legal order and shows that the Union has claimed that the EU Treaties constitute the highest law in Europe. It then examines the constitutional nature of the Union from a ‘democratic’ perspective. Finally, it evaluates the Union legal order through the lens of liberal constitutionalism. This ‘classic’ constitutionalism assesses the legal nature of a document by insisting on a separation of powers and the existence of fundamental rights.

Constitutionalism and the European Union / Schuetze, Robert. - (2023), pp. 75-99. [10.1093/he/9780192863836.003.0004]

Constitutionalism and the European Union

Robert Schuetze
2023

Abstract

This chapter addresses the question of whether the EU has a constitution. This question has plagued EU law ever since its birth. The chapter explores the formal constitutionalist credentials of the Union legal order and shows that the Union has claimed that the EU Treaties constitute the highest law in Europe. It then examines the constitutional nature of the Union from a ‘democratic’ perspective. Finally, it evaluates the Union legal order through the lens of liberal constitutionalism. This ‘classic’ constitutionalism assesses the legal nature of a document by insisting on a separation of powers and the existence of fundamental rights.
2023
9780198789130
EU constitution, legal order, treaties, democratic constitutionalism, liberal constitutionalism
Constitutionalism and the European Union / Schuetze, Robert. - (2023), pp. 75-99. [10.1093/he/9780192863836.003.0004]
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