01796     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001200120084001800132100001700150245007100167260004400238300003500282500002300317504001400340520109500354650001901449650002201468990002601490990002601516INLIS00000000000088120221031080955  a0010-0520000881221031                |          | eng    a0521845416  aeng  a341.242  a341.242 ALB e0 aAlbi, Anneli1 aEU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe  aUK :bCambridge University Press,c2005  bxxxii, 257p.: illus. ;c23 cm.  aIndeks : p.248-257  ap.211-231  aIn the wake of the EU's greatest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation of the constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe for membership in the European Union. In response to the painful past, these new constitutions were notably closed to the transfer of powers to international organisations, and accorded a prominent status to sovereignty and independence. A little more than a decade later, the process of amending these provisions in view of the transfer of sovereign powers to a supranational organisation has proved a sensitive and controversial exercise. This book analyses the amendments against the background of comparative experience and theory of sovereignty, as well as the context of political sensitivities, such as rising euroscepticism ahead of accession referendums. It concludes with a broader inquiry into the role and rationale of the national constitutions in the process of European integration. The book also considers the implications of the European Constitution, in the framework of the debate on European constitutionalism and post-national governance. 4aEuropean Union 4aInternational law  a11584/MKRI-P/XII-2008  a11584/MKRI-P/XII-2008