TY - BOOK AU - Tsagourias,Nikolaos TI - Transnational constitutionalism : : international and European models SN - 9780521872041 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge : PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - International organization -- Congresses KW - Constitutional law KW - Congresses KW - Europe KW - Constitutional history N1 - List of contributors -- Foreword by Malcolm D. Evans -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction - Constitutionalism: a theoretical roadmap TSAGOURIAS -- PART I States, courts and constitutional principles -- 1 The rejection of the universal state P. CAPPS -- 2 The standing of states in the European Union P. ELEFTHERIADIS -- 3 The constitutional role of general principles of law in international and European jurisprudence N. TSAGOURIAS -- 4 Proportionality and discretion in international and European law J. RIVERS -- PART II Transnational constitutional interface -- 5 Hierarchy in organisations: regional bodies and the United Nations N. WHITE -- 6 The multilevel constitution of European foreign relations R. WESSEL -- 7 Self-determination of peoples and transnational regimes: a foundational principle of global governance A. SKORDAS -- 8 Challenges to international and European corporatism presented by deliberative trends in governance T. NOVITZ -- PART III Visions of international constitutionalism -- 9 The meaning of international constitutional law B. FASSBENDER -- 10 The never-ending closure: constitutionalism and international law W. WERNER -- Index 368 ER -