Individualism: An Essay on the Authority of the European Union

by Alexander Somek

This innovative study examines the authority constituting the European Union. It claims that the type of power constituting a transnational regime transcends traditional forms of constitutional legality. It argues that the European constitutional project is out of step with the normative make-up of such a regime. It is to be feared, indeed, that the adoption of a Constitution for Europe would create a smokescreen obscuring a new and disturbing reality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199542082
• ISBN13: 9780199542086
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"