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The Constitutional Theory of the Federation and the European Union
This book departs from the 'statist' imagination by suggesting the EU is a federal union of states, or a federation. Dedicated to the constitutional theory of federalism, this book gives the strengths and weaknesses of a federation as a political form, its histories, and current perils for the EU.
| Author(s) | By Signe Rehling Larsen (Fellow by Examination, Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, University of Oxford). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 240 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 4 Feb 2021 |
| Availability | Available |
This book departs from the 'statist' imagination by suggesting the EU is a federal union of states, or a federation. Dedicated to the constitutional theory of federalism, this book gives the strengths and weaknesses of a federation as a political form, its histories, and current perils for the EU.
Introduction 1: Constitutional Nature 2: Origins and Telos 3: State Transformation and Teleology 4: United in Diversity 5: Emergency Rule Without a Sovereign Conclusion
Signe Rehling Larsen is a Fellow by Examination at Magdalen College at the Univerisity of Oxford. Her research is concerned with constitutional theory and European Union law. She was educated at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Ne
