Can constitution-building advance European integration? A three-pillared institutionalist analysis

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-378

  Su, Hungdah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constitutionalism; Ec law; European constitution; European union; Institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055304795     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0703633042000306526     Document Type: Article

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