Objectif Irrespective of whether the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe or a Reform Treaty enters into force, the EU already has a constitution by all but name. But what does it rest on? Both the current treaties and the European Court of Justice often make reference to the national constitutions, either of one Member State individually, or as common constitutional principles and traditions. Yet, whilst the influence of EU law on national constitutional law is well documented, no thorough comprehensive comparative legal research has ever been done into these common constitutional principles. The very foundations of the European constitution have thus remained uncharted. Trans-national comparative constitutional law has been neglected in the scientific research on the European Constitution, while it should be an essential component of the analysis. This project aims to contribute to the scientific debate by going back to the fundamentals of national constitutional law. Its purpose is to analyse and structure common legal constitutional principles across EU Member States and identify constitutional diversity. To that end a team of PI and four post-docs will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the „constitutional law in action” of selected Member States, as expounded in constitutional case law, practice and texts. The functional method of comparative law will be used, analysing constitutional law as it functions in practice. Also, these themes will be analysed in an interdisciplinary fashion, taking account of other disciplines. It is this method which makes this research innovative: the national lines will be crossed, and system-neutral themes be used as a starting point, in order to formulate common principles as well as identify national diversity. It will thus advance the scientific debate on constitutionalism in the EU, and contribute to embedding it in common constitutional traditions, leaving room, where necessary, for national constitutional diversity. Champ scientifique social scienceslawconstitutional law Mots‑clés Constitutionalism common principles comparative law Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-SG-SH2 - ERC Starting Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Appel à propositions ERC-2007-StG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institution d’accueil UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Contribution de l’UE € 1 022 136,00 Adresse MINDERBROEDERSBERG 4 6200 MD Maastricht Pays-Bas Voir sur la carte Région Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Diana Schabregs (Ms.) Chercheur principal Monica Claes (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (2) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Pays-Bas Contribution de l’UE € 1 022 136,00 Adresse MINDERBROEDERSBERG 4 6200 MD Maastricht Voir sur la carte Région Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Diana Schabregs (Ms.) Chercheur principal Monica Claes (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée TILBURG UNIVERSITY- UNIVERSITEIT VAN TILBURG Participation terminée Pays-Bas Contribution de l’UE € 622 920,00 Adresse WARANDELAAN 2 5037 AB Tilburg Voir sur la carte Région Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Midden-Noord-Brabant Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Petra Jaminon (Ms.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée
