Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Hèctor Ló B, Nostalgic Empires.The Crisis of the European Union Related to Its Original Sins (Lexington Books 2023) I Three eminent constitutional law scholars have recently made significant contributions to the topics of constitutional theory of federalism and the European Union.My intention is to offer a combined review by contrasting The Constitutional Theory of the Federation and the European Union by Signe Larsen, which discusses both of these topics, with The Federal Contract by Stephen Tierney and Nostalgic Empires by Hèctor López Bofill.While Tierney's book provides a useful treatment of constitutional theory of federalism, the book by López Bofill will be more helpful in considering the case of the EU.For Larsen, the EU is a federation, which she understands as being a discrete form of political association that needs to be distinguished from both the empire and the state.According to López Bofill, the joint venture of defeated and ever weaker European empires not only explains the origins of the EU but also some of its present ills and wrongs.While Larsen and López Bofill share a favourable view of the notion of federation in contrast to that of empire, I will point out that
Author: Pau Bossacoma Busquets
Institution: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
OpenAlex ID: W4406783329