European Constitutions Compared

This book is a comprehensive study of the institutional setting of European Constitutions and provides a systematic study of the constitutional principles and organisation of state powers.

The following issues are addressed:

• Terminology
• Notion and Functions of Constitution
• Sources of Constitutional Law
• Constituent and Amending Power
• Protecting the Constitution
• Directive Principles
• Fundamental Constitutional Principles
• Division of Powers
• Division of Functions
• Parliament
• Head of State
• Government and Administration
• The Judicial Power
• Territorial Division of Powers
• Europeanisation and Internationalisation of the Constitution