Bruce Ackerman — Three Paths to Constitutionalism – and the Crisis of the European Union

I conclude by applying my general theory to suggest that the European Union’s current crisis is cultural as well as economic. Leading members of the Union emerge from different pathways – with the constitutions of France, Italy, and Poland emerging from revolutionary achievements; Great Britain, from insider-adaptations; and Spain and Germany, from elite constructions. This disparity in legitimating logics makes it especially difficult for the Union to sustain European-wide credibility as it seeks to sustain its authority during the present crisis.

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Three Paths to Constitutionalism – and the Crisis of the European Union

Bruce Ackerman | Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University