Constitutional review has not only expanded geographically; it has also expanded in its mission and function, acquiring new subject areas and new roles and responsibilities. In examining these new roles and responsibilities, this collection reflects on constitutional review as an aspect of constitutionalism framed in the context of multilevel governance.

The relationship between national constitutional courts and the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is increasingly cast in terms of communication, understood as having a constructive connotation, and as an alternative to the prior and more destructive language of ‘guerre des juges’, conflict and revolt. This volume provides a critical examination of the normative, empirical and contextual aspects of such judicial conversations. I between the CJ...

The authors of this book critically assess the current stage of social federalism in Belgium and ask how against the background of the major challenge of an ageing population an effective social policy can be shaped. The book considers at which level the bulk of an effective social policy is best situated, what the role of the sub-national entities can be, and which limitations are imposed by the constitutional and European framework. The vari...

Deze uitgave is geschreven vanuit het perspectief van de praktijkjurist en behandelt achtereenvolgens de normen waartegen beroep kan worden ingesteld, de rechtstreekse en onrechtstreekse toetsingsnormen, de rechtswegen en de procedure.

In dit boek wordt de juridische betekenis van de democratische staat nagegaan. Bekeken wordt hoe het democratische concept dat in de grondwet van 1831 werd uitgetekend, kan aangepast worden aan de huidige tijd.