The Place of Constitutional Courts in the EU

Going beyond 'judicial dialogues' and 'conflict-and-power' approaches to the analysis of national constitutional courts' role in the EU - The idea of European constitutional democracy-National constitutional courts constrain individual autonomy expanded by European integration-National constitutional courts defend the scope for political autonomy - Against national constitutional courts' displacement-Simmenthal II - After the 'Rights Revolution' in Europe-National constitutional courts' references to the ECJ - Ordinary courts challenging national constitutional courts through the preliminary reference procedure - Parallel references - National constitutional courts enforcing EU law - National constitutional courts challenging EU law