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This volume presents several works by renowned EU lawyers discussing the consequences of the 2007 Lisbon Treaty in various policy fields, including foreign relations, as well as the pros and cons of the Union s "constitution" as it stands with the treaty.
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When EU leaders signed the Lisbon Treaty in late 2007, it seemed that the constitutional process in Europe was finally close to fruition. For many, the seemingly imminent conclusion of this lengthy process, which had started in 2000 or even earlier and which had absorbed much of the Union's capacity for policy and compromise, came as a great relief. Although the results of the Irish referendum have led to some disillusion, it is evident that - whatever the final outcome might be - for the time being the Lisbon "constitution" is as good as it gets in an EU of 27 or more states.Against that backdrop, this volume presents several works by renowned EU lawyers discussing the consequences of "Lisbon" in various policy fields (External Relations, Justice and Home Affairs, Economic Policy, etc.) as well as the pros and cons of the Union's "constitution" as it stands with the Lisbon Treaty. Additional food for thought is provided in a foreword written by Giuliano Amato, one of the most important protagonists of EU constitutionalism from its very beginning.
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José María Beneyto
From Nice to the Constitutional Treaty:
Eight Theses on the (Future) Constitutionalisation of Europe
Stefan Griller
Is this a Constitution?
Remarks on a Contested Concept
Hervé Bribosia
The Main Institutional Innovations in the Lisbon Treaty
Bruno de Witte
Legal Instruments and Law-Making in the Lisbon Treaty
Paul Craig
The Role of the European Parliament under
the Lisbon Treaty
Paolo Ponzano Executive and delegated acts:
The situation after the Lisbon Treaty
Jan Wouters / Dominic Coppens / Bart De Meester
The European Union s External Relations
after the Lisbon Treaty
Christine Kaddous
Role and position of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy under the Lisbon Treaty
Marcel Kau
Justice and Home Affairs in the European Constitutional Process Keeping the Faith and Substance of the Constitution
Ingolf Pernice
The Treaty of Lisbon and Fundamental Rights
Catherine Barnard
The Opt-Out for the UK and Poland from the Charter of Fundamental Rights: Triumph of Rhetoric over Reality?
Jean-Victor Louis
Economic Policy under the Lisbon Treaty
Antonio Saínz de Vicuña
The Status of the ECB
Jacques Ziller
The Law and Politics of the Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
The Reform Treaty and the Constitutional Finality
of European Integration
Index
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