What constitution? a rose by any other name -- An elephant that cannot be defined? what the EU is, and is not -- Marking the territory: principles governing union competences -- Who is the boss? in search of a master of the treaties -- Looking past the trees to see the wood: construing a hierarchy of norms -- Into the estuaries and up the rivers : union law in the national legal orders of the member states -- A lot more than Brussels bureaucrats : the institutional framework -- A suprematist composition? differentiation and flexibility -- What deficit? the EU system of democracy -- Civis Europeus Sum : the evolving concept of union citizenship -- Taking rights more seriously? the EU system of fundamental rights -- Broadening horizons? the area of freedom, security, and justice -- The internal market : liberal, social or green? -- Building a house by starting with the roof? economic and monetary policy -- EU external relations : an elephant trumpeting loud and clear or a gaggle of geese? -- Covenants of no strength to secure a man at all? issues of enforcement and control -- The elephant in the room? concluding remarks.
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