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CONSTITUTIONALISM, FEDERALISM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Author(s) -
Barry Norman
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2004.t01-1-00451.x
Subject(s) - centralisation , federalism , constitution , constitutionalism , statutory law , competition (biology) , government (linguistics) , law and economics , political science , decentralization , law , european union , public administration , business , economics , democracy , politics , international trade , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
The purpose of a constitution should be to restrain governments. The proposed EU constitution does not do that ‐ it provides agendas for government action. There is also no mechanism to facilitate jurisdictional competition. As such, if adopted, it will lead to further centralisation and abuse of statutory powers.