Constitutional acceleration within the European Union and beyond

In: Routledge research in constitutional law

Abstract

Introduction : constitutional challenges, reform, and acceleration / Paul Blokker -- Part 1: reflections on constitutional change in times of acceleration. Towards participatory constitutionalism? : comparative European lessons / Francesco Palermo -- (Not) fast and (not) furious? : (un)constitutional responsiveness and the boundaries of constituent imagination / Zoran Oklopcic -- The multifaceted sovereign : domestic and international actors in constitutional regime change / Andrew Arato and Gábor Attila Tóth -- Part 2: Constitutional reforms in 'established' democracies. Participatory constitution-making and the renovation of the UK constitution / Silvia Suteu -- Constitutional paradigms : the Italian 1948 Constitution between conservation and reform / Paul Blokker -- Ireland's evolving constitution / Jane Suiter, David M. Farrell, and Clodagh Harris -- The constitution as a political tool in Iceland : from the periphery to the center of the political debate / Baldvin Thor Bergsson -- Part 3: Constitution-making, constitutional reform, and deadlock in 'new' democracies. Constitutional revision in Romania : post-accession pluralism in action / Bogdan Iancu -- Changing constitutional identity via amendment / Kriszta Kovács -- The rise and fall of constitutionalism in Hungary / Gábor Halmai.