European Constitutional Imaginaries Between Ideology and Utopia by Jan Komarek

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European Constitutional ImaginariesBetween Ideology and Utopia\nAuthor(s): Jan Komrek\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780192855480, 978-0192855480\nSynopsis\nThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND [url] International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free ---- ---- from OUP and selected open access locations.\n\nHow can the EU be made legitimate and sustainable through (constitutional) law - and what is the role of constitutional lawyers and their ideas in creating this \""sense of legitimacy\""? This book seeks to answer these questions through the concept of the \""constitutional imaginary\"": sets of ideas and beliefs that motivate and justify the practice of government and collective self-rule. Constitutional imaginaries are as important as institutions and office- holders, as they provide political action with an overarching s.