Journal•ISSN: 0307-5400
European Law Review
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About: European Law Review is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): European union & Common law. It has an ISSN identifier of 0307-5400. Over the lifetime, 918 publications have been published receiving 7094 citations.
Topics: European union, Common law, Treaty, Fundamental rights, Human rights
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TL;DR: In this article, the unusual process by which the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights was drafted is examined, and the experimental, relatively deliberative and open nature of the process contrasts quite sharply and favourably with the traditional State-dominated and secretive IGC bargaining process.
Abstract: In this article, the unusual process by which the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights was drafted is examined. While the process, on the one hand, exemplified the ambivalent and often contradictory nature of European Union constitutional development, on the other hand it also suggests interesting possibilities in terms of new and future forms of constitution-building in Europe. Despite the profound differences of view about the aim, scope and nature of the Charter-drafting process even amongst the central actors involved in the drafting, and despite the ongoing ambivalence about the role and significance of fundamental and human rights in European Union law, the experimental, relatively deliberative and open nature of the process contrasts quite sharply and favourably with the traditional State-dominated and secretive IGC bargaining process.
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