Unity in diversity as Europe's vocation and conflicts law as Europe's constitutional form

Abstract: "'Unity in Diversity' was the fortunate motto of the otherwise unfortunate Draft Constitutional Treaty. The motto did not make it into the Treaty of Lisbon. It deserves to be kept alive in a new constitutional perspective, namely the re-conceptualisation of European law as new type of conflicts law. The new type of conflicts law which the paper advocates is not concerned with selecting the proper legal system in cases with connections to various jurisdictions. It is instead meant to respond to the increasing interdependence of formerly more autonomous legal orders and to the democracy failure of constitutional states which result from the external effects of their laws and legal decisions on non-nationals. European has many means to compensate these shortcomings. It can derive its legitimacy from that compensatory potential without developing federal aspirations. The paper illustrates this approach with the help of two topical examples. The first is the conflict between European ec

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 44 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Reihe Politikwissenschaft / Institut für Höhere Studien, Abt. Politikwissenschaft ; Bd. 122

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Recht ; Politik

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Wien
• (wann): 2010
• Urheber: Joerges, Christian
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-261778
• Rechteinformation: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:50 MEZ