Armin von Bogdandy is director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg.Jürgen Bast is Professor of Public Law and European Law at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

• The Constitutional Approach to EU LawArmin von Bogdandy and Jürgen BastPart I: Defining the Field of European Constitutional Law1. Founding PrinciplesArmin von Bogdandy2. Federalism and DemocracyStefan Oeter3. National Constitutional Law Relating to the European UnionChristoph Grabenwarter4. The Constitutional Role of International LawRobert Uerpmann-Wittzack5. Pouvoir Constituant—Constitution—ConstitutionalisationChristoph Möllers6. On FinalityUlrich HalternPart II: Institutional Issues7. The Political InstitutionsPhilipp Dann8. The Federal Order of CompetencesArmin von Bogdandy and Jürgen Bast9. Foreign AffairsDaniel Thym10. Legal Instruments and Judicial ProtectionJürgen Bast11. Multilevel Constitutional JurisdictionFranz C MayerPart III: The Legal Position of the Individual12. Union CitizenshipStefan Kadelbach13. Fundamental RightsJürgen Kühling14. Fundamental FreedomsThorsten Kingreen15. The Area of Freedom, Security and JusticeJörg MonarPart IV: The Constitution of the Social Order16 The Economic Constitution within the Internal MarketArmin Hatje17 The Labour ConstitutionFlorian Rödl18 Competition Law as Part of the European ConstitutionJosef DrexlPart V: Contending Visions of European Integration19 The European Union as a Federal Association of States and CitizensUlrich Everling20 The European Union of StatesPaul Kirchhof21 The Advantages of the European ConstitutionManfred Zuleeg

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