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This volume compares European constitutional jurisdiction in the European legal space. It examines the structures of the organisation, the appointment of judges, the procedures and the methods of argumentation and interpretation, their impact on state and society, their legitimacy, and their role in the division of powers.
List of contents
- 1: Pedro Cruz Villalón: The Evolution of Constitutional Adjudication in Europe
- 2: Constance Grewe: Constitutional Jurisdiction in Ex-Yugoslavia in the Perspective of the European Legal Space
- 3: Christoph Grabenwarter: Judicial Appointments in Comparative Perspective
- 4: Rainer Grote: The Most Important Constitutional Court Proceedings in the European Legal Space
- 5: András Jakab: The Reasoning of Constitutional Courts in Europe
- 6: Maartje De Visser: Constitutional Courts Securing Their Legitimacy: An Institutional-Procedural Analysis
- 7: Anuscheh Farahat: Constitutional Jurisdiction and the Separation of Powers in the European Legal Space: A Comparative Analysis
- 8: Markus Vasek: Constitutional Jurisdiction and Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe
- 9: Armin von Bogdandy and Christoph Krenn: ECJ and ECtHR: Two Senates of Europe's Constitutional Jurisdiction
- 10: José Martín y Pérez de Nanclares: The Cooperation of Constitutional Courts in the European Legal Space
- 11: Davide Paris: The Impact of EU Law and the ECHR on National Constitutional Adjudication in the European Legal Space
- 12: Monica Claes and Bruno de Witte: The Roles of Constitutional Courts in the European Legal Space
- 13: Christoph Grabenwarter: The Venice Commission: Its Nature, Functioning, and Significance in the Multi-Level Cooperation of Constitutional Courts
- 14: Peter M Huber: Constitutional Courts and Politics in the European Legal Space
- 15: Christine Landfried: Constitutional Review in the European Legal Space: A Political Science Perspective
- 16: Juan Luis Requejo Pagés: The Decline of the Traditional Model of European Constitutional Jurisdiction
- 17: Armin von Bogdandy, Christoph Grabenwarter, and Peter M Huber: Constitutional Adjudication in the European Legal Space
About the author
Armin von Bogdandy is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and Professor for Public Law at the University in Frankfurt/Main. He graduated in law and philosophy before obtaining a Ph.D. in Freiburg (1988) and qualifying as a professor at the FU Berlin (1996). He has been President of the OECD Nuclear Energy Tribunal as well as a member of the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) and the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Professor von Bogdandy received a Dr. h.c. from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina (2020), the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Ungarn (2020), and the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina (2017). He specializes in the general features of public law, with a focus on its structural changes, be they theoretical, doctrinal, or practical.
Peter M. Huber is Justice of the German Federal Constitutional Court and full Professor for Public Law and State Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU). Following his studies at the LMU and the University of Geneva he graduated in law (1984), obtained a Ph.D. (1987), and habilitated at the LMU (1991). He previously held, among others, the Chair for Constitutional and Administrative Law, European law, Public Commercial and Environmental Law at the University of Jena (1992-2001), where he also served as dean (1994-1996). Professor Huber served numerous public offices and functions, including being a judge at the Thuringian Higher Administrative Court (1996-2002), a member of the State Court of Bremen (2007-2009), and Minister of the Interior of the Free State of Thuringia (2009-2010).
Christoph Grabenwarter is the President of the Austrian Constitutional Court and full Professor for Public Law, Business Law, and International Law at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU). Following his studies at the University of Vienna (1984-1989), he graduated in law (1988) and economics (1989) and obtained a Ph.D. in both disciplines (1991, 1994). In 2002, he accepted an appointment to the Chair of Comparative and European Public Law and Business Law at the University of Graz. He has held the Chair of Public Law, Business Law, and International Law at the Institute for European and International Law (WU) since 2006. In addition, Professor Grabenwarter has been an Ad Hoc Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (2002-2005); the President of the Austrian Jurists' Forum (since 2015); and Austrian Member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe since 2006 (and its Vice-President from 2015 to 2017).
Summary
This volume compares European constitutional jurisdiction in the European legal space. It examines the structures of the organisation, the appointment of judges, the procedures and the methods of argumentation and interpretation, their impact on state and society, their legitimacy, and their role in the division of powers.
