Chapter 14: Liberty and democracy as fundamental constitutional principles of EU law
Dora Kostakopoulou
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Handbook Chapter
Published:
19 Apr 2022
Page Range:
254–266
Collection:
Law 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784712389.00023
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The chapter tracks the process of the constitutionalisation of the constitutional principles of liberty and democracy in the EU by distinguishing four main phases; namely, i) the phase of implicit democracy and democracy's motivational relevance in the 1960s and 70s, ii) the phase of denationalising democracy (1979-1991), iii) the phase of 'developmental democracy' in the 1990s and iv) the constitutionalisation of democracy and liberty in the new millennium; and v) the Lisbon Treaty's innovations in institutional design and the process of reform in this area and the Court of Justice's contributions to upholding and promoting these constitutional principles.

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Cover Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law
Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law
Edited by
Katja S. Ziegler
,
Päivi J. Neuvonen
, and
Violeta Moreno-Lax
Handbook
Published:
19 Apr 2022
Print ISBN:
9781784712372
eISBN:
9781784712389
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784712389
Pages:
656
Collection:
Law 2022
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