Constitutional Law Of 2 Eu Member States

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In 2005 the almost 25 year old Dutch textbook edited by Lucas Prakke and Constantijn Kortmann on the constitutional law of the - then - 15 Member States of the European Union was translated into English, adapted and updated. This comprehensive and critically acclaimed study deals in some detail with the constitutional systems of the Member States along the lines of a fixed table of topics. All of the authors are leading experts in the field of constitutional law.<br />In 2006 an additional volume was published dealing with the constitutional law of the ten new Member States of the Union, using the same format and written by leading constitutional experts from the Member States that accessed to the European Union in 2004. The present, third, volume will complete the collection on the Constitutional Law of EU Member States for the coming years. This volume discusses the constitutional systems of Bulgaria and Romania, the two states that entered the Union in 2007. It is based on the same format as used in the studies of the other 25. Each chapter starts with a sketch of the constitutional history as an indispensable background to a proper understanding of the relevant constitution as it operates today. The subsequent outline of the constitutional system deals with the sources of constitutional law, the head of state, the government, parliament, executive-legislative relationships, the legislative process, the parliamentary scrutiny of government activity, the electoral system, political parties, election results and governments, the judiciary, regional and local government, and fundamental rights. The chapters conclude with a short bibliography.<br />The book is prepared by the same editors as the volume on the constitutional law of the 10 Member States that acceded to the Union in 2004, Constantijn Kortmann, Joseph Fleuren and Wim Voermans.