Federalism in the European Union

Elke Cloots is a Researcher at the University of Leuven and a Fellow of the Research Foundation–Flanders.Geert De Baere is Assistant Professor of International Law and EU Law at the University of Leuven, and senior member of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies.Stefan Sottiaux is Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law and Discrimination Law at the University of Leuven.

• Introduction: Federalism's Janus Face Elke Cloots, Geert De Baere and Stefan SottiauxPART I: FEDERALISM IN THE EU'S CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE 1. EU Federalism in 3-D Koen Lenaerts2. Federalism and Jurisdiction Pavlos Eleftheriadis3. Federalism, the EU and International Law: On the Possible (and Necessary) Role of Subsidiarity in LegitimateMultilevel Trade Governance Alexia Herwig4. The Court of Justice as a Federal Constitutional Court: A Comparative Perspective Monica Claes and Maartje de Visser5. The Dual System of Rights Protection in the European Union in Light of US Federalism Aida Torres Pérez6. Federalism and International Relations in the European Union and the United States: A Comparative OutlookGeert De Baere and Kathleen GutmanPART II: EU LAW AND MEMBER STATE FEDERALISM 7. European Ties that Bind: Political or Cultural? Helder De Schutter8. Does EU Decision-Making Take into Account Regional Interests? Piet Van Nuffel9. The Role of Sub-State Entities in the EU Decision-Making Processes: A Comparative Constitutional Law Approach Nikos Skoutaris10. Autonomous Constitutional Regions in a Federal Europe Joxerramon Bengoetxea11. The European Court of Justice and the Devolution of Taxation Powers Suzanne Kingston12. The Impact of EU Law on the Devolution of Social Powers in the Member States Herwig Verschueren13. EU Law and Language Regulation in (Quasi-)Federal Member StatesElke Cloots and Stefan Sottiaux14. The European Court of Justice and Member State Federalism: Balancing or Categorisation? Elke Cloots15. The Impact of 'Regional Blindness' on the Italian Regional State Giuseppe Martinico16. The Spanish State Structure and EU Law: The View of the Spanish Constitutional Court Maite Zelaia Garagarza17. Economic and Monetary Union: Caught between Brussels and Luxembourg? The Influence of EU Lawon Belgian Federalism Case Law Stef Feyen

...the book offers an important contribution to the study of EU constitutional law; it lays down rigorous theoretical and methodological foundations for further inquiries into “Federalism and the EU” topics and provides much useful information. The extensive use of comparison is to be welcomed because it makes it possible to highlight differences between the EU federalising process and constitutional life in other, better-established federal systems