Building Firewalls or Floodgates? Constitutional Design for the European Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7877246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lori Thorlakson (0000-0002-5915-1247, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-159 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00617.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022373242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article draws on the experience of comparative federalism to assess the efficacy of institutional safeguards against authority migration contained in the draft Constitutional Treaty. It evaluates the impact of the methods of authority allocation, judicial safeguards and ex ante structural safeguards in five federations. It argues that the approach opted for in the Treaty would strengthen structural safeguards through reforming the subsidiarity procedure, but the proposed method of power allocation provides opportunities for authority migration that the courts would be unlikely to remedy. Future reform efforts should bear this in mind
Constitutional economics · Constitutional law · Economics · European union · Federalism · International trade · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Subsidiarity · Treaty · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |