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This book examines EU enlargement by studying how domestic constitutional evolution in the new member states contributes to European integration. Contrasting to the usual top-down analytical pattern, this volume reverses the paradigm by looking at constitutional developments and dynamics from the bottom-up, studying how domestic constitutional evolution contributes to European integration. This will be a key volume for scholars and individuals with interests in European and international law.
List of contents
Contents: Foreword, Lech Garlicki; Prologue: the nature and significance of the CEE constitutional transition, Kyriaki Topidi and Alexander H.E. Morawa; Part I Foundations and Methods of Constitutional Dialogue in CEE: Estonia as an EU state: lack of proactive constitutional dialogue, Tanel Kerikmae; The constitutionalization of EU law in Romanian jurisprudence, Simina Tanasescu; Fundamental rights in the EU's post-enlargement landscape: an exercise in constitutional translation?s, Kyriaki Topidi. Part II The Role of Courts in the New Legal Order: Constitutional pluralism and judicial cooperation in the EU after the Eastern enlargement: a case study of the Czech and Slovak courts, Tomáš Dumbrovskÿ; The constitutional versus the European role of the judiciary in Poland, Piotr Mikuli; Structural inconveniences of the Treaty of Lisbon in the Czech Republic, Jiri Zemanek; Kafka, Kelsen and supremacy: how European courts could interact with a view to fostering constitutionalism, Alexander H.E. Morawa. Part III The Rule of Law and Policy-Making in ECC after Enlargement: Raising the standard? The current challenges in human rights protection in Hungary, Bernadette Somody; Constitutionalization and the media in post-enlargement Central and Eastern Europe, Katrin Nyman-Metcalfe; The rule of law and the rise of populism: a case study of post-accession Bulgaria, Daniel Smilov; Index.
About the author
Kyriaki Topidi is a lecturer and Senior Researcher, School of Law, University of Lucerne, Switzerland. Her research interests are in the areas of European Law, and Minority Rights. Alexander H.E. Morawa is Professor of Comparative and Anglo-American Law, University of Lucerne. He is also Counsel/Legal Advisor in proceedings before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the European Court of Human Rights, and national courts, tribunals and agencies.
