On the power of the Word: Europe's constitutional iconography

International Journal of Constitutional Law

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 173-190

  Weiler, Joseph H H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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EID: 33746375360     PISSN: 14742640     EISSN: 14742659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icon/moi015     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. "The French people solemnly proclaim their commitment to human rights and the principles of national sovereignty as defined in the Declaration of 1789."
2. "Conscious of their responsibility before God and man ... Inspired by the determination to promote world peace as an equal partner in a untied Europe, the German people, in the exercise of their constituent power, have adopted this Basic Law."
3. Miguel Maduro, We, The Court 175 (Hart 1998). His formulation is superior to my own clumsy attempt to formulate the dilemma as a "constitution without constitutionalism," as "doing before hearkening." Joseph H. H. Weiler, "We Will Do, And Hearken" - Reflections on a Common Constitutional Law for the European Union, in The European Constitutional Area (Roland Bieber & Pierre Widmer eds., Schulthess 1995).