The Constitution of Europe - 'Do the New Clothes Have an Emperor?' and Other Essays on European Integration

A legal critique of the attractions and demerits of European integration.Joseph Weiler presents essays written over the last ten years on issues related to European constitutional law. In a series of highly accessible discussions concerning the legal framework of the European Communities and the European Union, Professor Weiler describes the gradual strengthening of transnational European institutions at the expense of national legislators. Although individuals as legal consumers have been empowered by Community law, he writes, this has been at the expense of their rights as citizens. The Constitution of Europe thus provides from a legal perspective a balanced and uniquely authoritative critique of the attractions and demerits of the goal of European integration.