National constitutional identity and European integration / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz and Carina Alcoberro Llivina (eds.).
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Title
National constitutional identity and European integration / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz and Carina Alcoberro Llivina (eds.).
Published
Cambridge : Intersentia, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Call Number
KJE5078 .N38 2013
ISBN
9781780681603 (hbk.)
1780681607 (hbk.)
1780681607 (hbk.)
Description
xi, 326 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)839316888
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Why Constitutional Identity Suddenly Matters: A Tale of Brave States, a Mighty Union and the Decline of Sovereignty
1
1.
Part I: the Concept of National Constitutional Identity / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Carina Alcoberro Llivina
3
1.1.
From Sovereignty to Identity / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Carina Alcoberro Llivina
3
1.2.
Sketching scope and meaning of the concept / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Carina Alcoberro Llivina
8
2.
Part II: National Constitutional Identity in the Aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Carina Alcoberro Llivina
9
3.
Part III: National Constitutional Identity in the Jurisprudence of European Courts / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Carina Alcoberro Llivina
12
ch. 1
Two Different Ideas of Constitutional Identity: Identity of the Constitution v. Identity of the People / Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Carina Alcoberro Llivina
17
1.
Introduction / José Luis Marti
17
2.
Two Ideas of 'Constitutional Identity' / José Luis Marti
19
2.1.
The Identity of the Constitution / José Luis Marti
21
2.2.
The Identity of the People / José Luis Marti
30
3.
Conclusion / José Luis Marti
35
ch. 2
Methods of Identification of National Constitutional Identity / José Luis Marti
37
1.
Introduction / Constance Crewe
37
2.
The Typology of Constitutional Amendments / Constance Crewe
40
2.1.
The substantial conception of the revision / Constance Crewe
40
2.1.1.
Textual analysis / Constance Crewe
40
2.1.2.
Constitutional case-law / Constance Crewe
41
2.2.
The procedural conception / Constance Crewe
42
2.2.1.
Textual analysis / Constance Crewe
42
2.2.2.
Case-law / Constance Crewe
43
2.3.
The formal conception / Constance Crewe
43
3.
The Introductory Provisions of Constitutions / Constance Crewe
44
3.1.
The content of the 'introductory part' / Constance Crewe
45
3.1.1.
Institutional or 'sovereignist' content / Constance Crewe
45
3.1.2.
Constitutionalist or substantive content / Constance Crewe
45
3.2.
The preferences highlighted in the Introductions / Constance Crewe
46
3.2.1.
Textual analysis / Constance Crewe
46
3.2.2.
Case-law / Constance Crewe
47
4.
Conclusion / Constance Crewe
48
ch. 3
Sovereignty Lost, Constitutional Identity Regained / Constance Crewe
49
1.
Introduction: Ambiguity and Ambivalence in the Process of Supranational Constitutional Integration / Roberto Toniatti
49
2.
The Waning of Sovereignty / Roberto Toniatti
54
3.
The Blooming of Identity / Roberto Toniatti
62
3.1.
National identity as constitutional identity / Roberto Toniatti
63
3.2.
Testing the identity clause in court: an 'invitation to struggle' / Roberto Toniatti
68
4.
Final Remarks / Roberto Toniatti
71
ch. 4
National Constitutional Identity in European Constitutionalism: Revisiting the Tale of the Emperor's New Clothes in Spain? / Roberto Toniatti
75
1.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Article 4(2) TEU and the 'European Clauses' in National Constitutions / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
75
2.
The Most Important Constitutional Changes Provoked by European Integration: A Brief Overview / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
77
2.1.
Legal system / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
78
2.1.1.
The extra-constitutional logic of the EU legal system / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
78
2.1.2.
The absence of an institution in charge of resolving competence conflicts / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
79
2.2.
The form of government / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
80
2.3.
The allocation of powers / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
82
2.4.
The centralised model of judicial review / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
84
2.5.
The constitutional regulation of the economy / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
85
2.6.
Preliminary title of the Constitution / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
87
3.
Is the Spanish Constitution Naked? Are We Witnessing Another Dangerous Case of the Emperor's Clothes? / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
88
ch. 5
What Lies Behind Article 4(2) TEU? / Rafael Bustos Gisbert
93
1.
Goals and Structure / Giuseppe Martinico
93
2.
Article 4(2) TEU as the Apex of a Constitutional Crescendo / Giuseppe Martinico
94
3.
The Struggle for τáζιfinalsigma / Giuseppe Martinico
98
4.
The Maastricht Treaty as a Turning Point in the Relationship between the ECJ and National Governments / Giuseppe Martinico
100
5.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU / Giuseppe Martinico
103
6.
Final Remarks / Giuseppe Martinico
107
ch. 6
National Identity: Trump Card or Up for Negotiation? / Giuseppe Martinico
109
1.
Introduction / Monica Claes
109
2.
The European Discovery of the Concept of 'Constitutional Identity' / Monica Claes
112
2.1.
The advent of 'national identity' / Monica Claes
115
2.2.
A new context / Monica Claes
118
2.3.
The embracement of 'constitutional identity' / Monica Claes
121
3.
'National and Constitutional Identity' in the Case-Law of the Constitutional Courts / Monica Claes
124
3.1.
National Identity in the case-law of the European Court / Monica Claes
130
4.
Negotiating National Identity / Monica Claes
134
4.1.
Modalities of the negotiations on national identities / Monica Claes
135
5.
Conclusions / Monica Claes
138
ch. 7
Constitutional Identity and Fundamental Rights: The Intersection between Articles 4(2) TEU and 53 Charter / Monica Claes
141
1.
Introduction / Aida Torres Pérez
141
2.
The Substantive Perspective / Aida Torres Pérez
143
3.
The Functional Perspective / Aida Torres Pérez
145
3.1.
The primacy of EU law / Aida Torres Pérez
145
3.2.
The uniform application of EU law / Aida Torres Pérez
148
4.
The Procedural Perspective / Aida Torres Pérez
152
5.
Concluding Remarks / Aida Torres Pérez
156
ch. 8
Criminal Law as an Essential Function of the State: Last Line of Resistance? / Aida Torres Pérez
159
1.
Criminal Law, Essential State Functions and National Constitutional Identity / Maribel González Pascual
159
2.
European Criminal Law: Institutional Framework / Maribel González Pascual
165
3.
Mutual Recognition of Judgments in Criminal Matters / Maribel González Pascual
167
4.
Criminal Law as the Last Line of Resistance: Myth or Reality? / Maribel González Pascual
170
ch. 9
The EU's Constitutional Core / Maribel González Pascual
177
1.
The EU's Legal Identity and the Three Normative Ideals / Daniel Sarmiento
179
2.
Channelling Identity through European Citizenship / Daniel Sarmiento
181
3.
The Constitutional Core of EU law: Foundation, Autonomy and Content / Daniel Sarmiento
184
3.1.
Foundation and autonomy / Daniel Sarmiento
184
3.2.
The protected content of the constitutional core / Daniel Sarmiento
186
3.2.1.
Protection of the existence of the statute / Daniel Sarmiento
187
3.2.1.1.
No arbitrary de iure deprivation of the statute / Daniel Sarmiento
188
3.2.1.2.
No arbitrary de facto deprivation of the statute / Daniel Sarmiento
189
3.2.2.
Protection of the substance of the rights attached to the statute: no strategic/structural restriction of fundamental rights / Daniel Sarmiento
191
3.2.2.1.
Strategic breach / Daniel Sarmiento
191
3.2.2.2.
Structural breach / Daniel Sarmiento
193
3.3.
The constitutional core as a living instrument, and the inspiring force of the three normative ideals / Daniel Sarmiento
195
4.
Response to the Critics / Daniel Sarmiento
197
4.1.
Competence Creep / Daniel Sarmiento
198
4.1.1.
The critique / Daniel Sarmiento
198
4.1.2.
Response / Daniel Sarmiento
199
4.2.
Legitimacy / Daniel Sarmiento
200
4.2.1.
The critique / Daniel Sarmiento
200
4.2.2.
Response / Daniel Sarmiento
200
4.3.
Subsidiarity / Daniel Sarmiento
202
4.3.1.
The critique / Daniel Sarmiento
202
4.3.2.
Response / Daniel Sarmiento
202
ch. 10
The Defence of National Identity by the German Constitutional Court / Daniel Sarmiento
205
1.
An Obsession - or a Serious Concern? / Christian Tomuschat
205
2.
The Jurisprudence of the German Constitutional Court / Christian Tomuschat
207
2.1.
Solange I / Christian Tomuschat
207
2.2.
Solange II / Christian Tomuschat
208
2.3.
The Maastricht Judgment / Christian Tomuschat
209
2.4.
The Banana Market Decision / Christian Tomuschat
210
2.5.
The Lisbon Judgment / Christian Tomuschat
210
2.6.
The Honeywell Decision / Christian Tomuschat
214
2.7.
The judgment on the Euro Crisis / Christian Tomuschat
217
3.
Concluding Observations / Christian Tomuschat
218
ch. 11
What is not Constitutional Pluralism in the EU: National Constitutional Identity in the German Lisbon Judgment / Christian Tomuschat
221
1.
Introduction / Hèctor López Bofill
221
2.
The Member State as the 'Primary Democratic Space' / Hèctor López Bofill
224
3.
The Lisbon Judgment of the German Constitutional Court as a 'Non Pluralist Constitutional' Approach / Hèctor López Bofill
226
3.1.
Constitutional identity and the eternity clause / Hèctor López Bofill
230
3.2.
Citizenship / Hèctor López Bofill
230
3.3.
Civil and military monopoly on the use of force and deprivation of liberty in the administration of criminal law / Hèctor López Bofill
231
3.4.
Revenue and expenditure including external financing / Hèctor López Bofill
233
3.5.
Cultural issues such as language and the shaping circumstances concerning family and education / Hèctor López Bofill
234
3.6.
Freedom of opinion and press. Freedom of association. The dealing with the profession of faith or ideology / Hèctor López Bofill
235
4.
Plural Constitutional Identities before the EU Institutions are not Constitutional Pluralism in the EU / Hèctor López Bofill
237
5.
EU Law Privacy versus Constitutional Identity / Hèctor López Bofill
239
6.
Final Remarks / Hèctor López Bofill
241
ch. 12
The Case-law of the Polish, Hungarian and Czech Constitutional Courts on National Identity and the 'German Model' / Hèctor López Bofill
243
1.
The Emergence of the Notion of Constitutional Identity in the Case-law of the Constitutional Courts / Joël Rideau
243
2.
The 'German Model' / Joël Rideau
244
2.1.
Solange I and Solange II / Joël Rideau
244
2.2.
Maastricht Treaty / Joël Rideau
244
2.2.1.
The control of acts of the European institutions / Joël Rideau
245
2.2.2.
The Democratic Principle / Joël Rideau
245
2.3.
The Decision on the Lisbon Treaty / Joël Rideau
246
2.3.1.
The defence of the democratic principle / Joël Rideau
246
2.3.2.
The principle of attribution of competences and its limits / Joël Rideau
247
2.3.3.
The control of the respect of the limits / Joël Rideau
248
2.4.
The order of 6 July 2010: concrete implementation of the control / Joël Rideau
249
2.5.
The order of 27 October 2011 / Joël Rideau
249
2.6.
The decision of 7 September 2011 / Joël Rideau
250
3.
The Adoption of the 'German Model' by the Polish and Hungarian Constitutional Courts / Joël Rideau
250
3.1.
Poland / Joël Rideau
250
3.1.1.
The decision on the Accession Treaty / Joël Rideau
251
3.1.2.
The European Arrest Warrant / Joël Rideau
251
3.1.3.
The Decision on the Lisbon Treaty / Joël Rideau
252
3.2.
Hungary / Joël Rideau
253
3.2.1.
The Decision on the Lisbon Treaty / Joël Rideau
253
3.2.2.
Present concerns / Joël Rideau
254
4.
The Relative Distancing by the Czech Republic / Joël Rideau
254
4.1.
The limits to the transfers of competences / Joël Rideau
255
4.2.
Lisbon I / Joël Rideau
255
4.2.
Lisbon II / Joël Rideau
256
4.3.
The 2012 Decision / Joël Rideau
257
5.
The Recognition of National Identity by EU Primary Law / Joël Rideau
258
5.1.
National identity - a European notion / Joël Rideau
259
5.2.
The convergence of national identity and of constitutional identities / Joël Rideau
259
6.
Conclusion / Joël Rideau
260
ch. 13
National Identity in Spanish Constitutional Court Case-law / Joël Rideau
263
1.
Approximations in Defining Concepts and Content / Pablo Pérez Tremps
263
1.1.
Introduction / Pablo Pérez Tremps
263
1.2.
Traditional Content: Freedom and Democracy / Pablo Pérez Tremps
264
1.3.
Additional Content of National Identity / Pablo Pérez Tremps
266
1.4.
The 'Guarantee of the State' / Pablo Pérez Tremps
268
2.
The Constitutional Court's Definition of Identity / Pablo Pérez Tremps
268
2.1.
The formal Framework / Pablo Pérez Tremps
268
2.2.
The case- law content of 'identity': Guaranteeing the 'State' by safeguarding its sovereignty / Pablo Pérez Tremps
270
ch. 14
A Huron at the Kirchberg Plateau or a Few Naive Thoughts on Constitutional Identity in the Case-law of the Judge of the European Union / Pablo Pérez Tremps
275
1.
Nihil Novi I / Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen
276
2.
Nihil Novi II / Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen
287
ch. 15
National Identity and the European Convention on Human Rights / Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen
305
1.
Relative Absence of a Provision on National Identity in the European Convention on Human Rights / Luis López Guerra
305
2.
National Identity and Margin of Appreciation / Luis López Guerra
307
3.
Some Aspects of National Identity: Politics, Transitional Situations, Traditions and Culture / Luis López Guerra
309
3.1.
Politics, national identity and electoral regulation / Luis López Guerra
310
3.2.
Right of property: transitional situations / Luis López Guerra
311
3.3.
Traditions and culture / Luis López Guerra
313
4.
Constitutional Identity. A Positive Consideration / Luis López Guerra
314
5.
Limits to the Relevance of Constitutional Identity / Luis López Guerra
315
6.
Constitutional Identity as an Aggravating Circumstance? / Luis López Guerra
318
7.
National Identity in the Absence of a Nation? / Luis López Guerra
319
A Brief Author CV / Luis López Guerra
323