EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE In the wake of the EU’s greatest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation of the constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe for mem-bership in the European Union. In response to the painful past, these new constitutionswerenotablyclosedtothetransferofpowerstointernational organisations, and accorded a prominent status to sovereignty and inde-pendence. A little more than a decade later, the process of amending these provisions in view of the transfer of sovereign powers to a supranational organisation has proved a sensitive and controversial exercise. This book analyses the amendments against the background of comparative experi-ence and theory of sovereignty, as well as the context of political sensi-tivities, such as rising euroscepticism ahead of accession referendums. It concludeswithabroaderinquiryintotheroleandrationaleofthenational constitutions in the process of European integration. The book also con-siders the implications of the European Constitution, in the framework of the debate on European constitutionalism and post-national governance. anneli albi is a lecturer in European Law at the University of Kent. She obtained her Ph.D at the European University Institute in Florence, whereherresearchfocusedontheadaptationofCentralandEasternEuro-pean constitutions for EU membership. In 2003–04, she was a General Rapporteur of the Asser Institute and the Netherlands Foreign Ministry MATRA multicountry project ‘The Impact of Accession on the National Legal Orders of Candidate Countries’. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN EUROPEAN LAW AND POLICY This series aims to produce original works which contain a critical analysis of the state of the law in particular areas of European Law and set out different perspectives and suggestionsforitsfuturedevelopment.Italsoaimstoencouragearangeofworkonlaw, legalinstitutionsandlegalphenomenainEurope,including‘lawincontext’approaches. Thetitlesintheserieswillbeofinteresttoacademics;policymakers;policyformerswho are interested in European legal, commercial, and political affairs; practising lawyers including the judiciary; and advanced law students and researchers. Joint Editors Professor Dr. Laurence Gormley Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands Professor Jo Shaw University of Edinburgh Editorial advisory board Professor Richard Bellamy, University of Reading; Ms. Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge; Professor Marise Cremona, Queen Mary College, University of London; Professor Alan Dashwood, University of Cambridge; Professor Dr. Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochere, Universite de Paris II, Director of the Centre de Droit Europeen, France; Dr. Andrew Drzemczewski, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France; Sir David Edward KCMG, Q.C. former Judge, Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxem-bourg;ProfessorDr.WalterBaronvanGerven,EmeritusProfessor,Leuven&Maastricht andformerAdvocateGeneral,CourtofJusticeoftheEuropeanCommunities;Professor DanielHalberstam,UniversityofMichigan,USA;ProfessorDr.IngolfPernice,Director of the Walter Hallstein Institut, Humboldt Universitat, Berlin; Michel Petite, Director General of the Legal Service, Commission of the European Communities, Bruxelles; Professor Dr. Sinisa Rodin, University of Zagreb; Professor Neil Walker, University of Aberdeen and EUI, Fiesole. Books in the series EU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe Anneli Albi Market Freedom and Social Rights in the European Economic Constitution Stefano Giubboni EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE ANNELI ALBI University of Kent cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521845410 © Cambridge University Press 2005 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2005 isbn-13 978-0-511-12605-5 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-10 0-511-12605-0 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-13 978-0-521-84541-0 hardback isbn-10 0-521-84541-6 hardback isbn-13 978-0-521-60736-0 paperback isbn-10 0-521-60736-1 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. ... - tailieumienphi.vn