Editorial Introduction
| Autor | Giacomo Delledonne |
| Cargo | Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for European Studies, Université Saint-Louis, Brussels |
| Páginas | 2-5 |
P A N Ó P T I C A
PANÓPTICA/STALS INTERNATIONAL BOOK SYMPOSIUM
In: DELLEDONNE, Giacomo; SIQUEIRA, Julio Pinheiro Faro Homem de (ed.). “The tangled complexity of the
EU constitutional process. A Symposium”. Panóptica, vol. 10, n. 1, pp. 2-5, Jan./Ju n. 2015.
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The Tangled Complexity of the EU Constitutional Process: a book
symposium
Editorial Introduction
Giacomo Delledonne
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This issue of Panóptica is hosting an international symposium, entirely devoted to
discussing an important scholarly contribution to European constitutional law – and, more
generally, to constitutional theory. This book symposium has been jointly promoted within the
framework of a long-standing partnership between the STALS project (www.stals.sssup.it) and
Panóptica itself. I am very happy to introduce this book symposium, which is just another
chapter in this fruitful cooperation.
The four following contributions revolve around Giuseppe Martinico’s monograph
entitled The Tangled Complexity of the EU Constitutional Process (Abingdon, Routledge,
2012)
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. Prof Martinico’s monograph is part of a wider, still ongoing inquiry into the nature of
European constitutional law. In particular, it focuses on the role of the European composite
judiciary in dealing with constitutional conflicts. Doing so, it tries to discuss and criticise the
idea that the European constitution – extensively shaped by the case law of the Court of Justice
of the EU – has nothing to do with any notion of conflict. Conflict and revolutionary upheaval
have played a defining role in the self-understanding of the Western (national) constitutionalism
since the 18th century
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. The European (small-c) constitution, on the other hand, does not seem
to fit in with this line of thought. The alleged absence of a European demos – and, consequently,
the impossibility of conceiving of a European constituent power – and the perceived “irenic”
flavour of some of the narratives about the European constitution are often seen as major
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for European Studies, Université Saint-Louis, Brussels. Email address:
giacomo.delledonne@usaintlouis.be.
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See book reviews published in the European Law Journal (issue no. 2/2014, pp. 284--86), the European Law
Review (issue no. 3/2015, pp. 460 —61), the European Journal of Risk Regulation (issue no. 3/2013, pp. 422—
24), the Revista de Estu dios Políticos (issue no. 161, 2013, pp. 325--28), the Revista de Derecho Comunitario
Europeo (issue no. 46, 2013, pp. 1270—72), and the academic blog Diritti comparati
(http://www.diritticomparati.it/2013/02/book-review-g-martinico-the-tangled-compexity-of-the-eu-
constitutional-process-routledge-2012-xiv-19.html, February 2013).
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See e.g. R.C. van Caenegem, “Constitutional history: chance or grand design?”, in European Constitutional Law
Review, issue no. 3/2009, pp. 447—63.
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