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Preambles : a stocktaking -- The content of preambles -- The language of preambles -- The functions of preambles -- Two prototypes : the US and France -- Preambles from other states -- By way of conclusion : the mystery and end of preambles

Chapter 1. Introduction: Safeguards and Limits of Judicial Power -- Chapter 2. The Independence of the Belgian Constitutional Court -- Chapter 3. Between Judicial Independence and Democratic Accountability: The Function and Legitimacy of the German Federal Constitutional Court -- Chapter 4. Italy and its Constitutional Court -- Chapter 5. Bipolar Constitutionalism in The Netherlands and its Consequences for the Independence and Accountability of the Judiciary -- Chapter 6. '… destroy all sense of dependence': On the Selection and Independence of the Judiciary in Norway -- Chapter 7. Judicial Independence and Accountability in the British Constitution -- Chapter 8. Independence and Accountability of the South African Judiciary -- Chapter 9. Judicial Independence and Accountability in the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights -- Chapter 10. Accountability through Transparency and the Role of the Court of Justice of the European Union -- Chapter 11. The Last Soldier Standing? Courts versus Politicians and the Rule of Law Crisis in the New Member States of the EU -- Chapter 12. The Last Soldier Standing? Courts versus Politicians and the Rule of Law Crisis in the New Member States of the EU -- Chapter 13. The Strasbourg Court: Judges Without Borders -- Chapter 14. The Strasbourg Court: Acting Within its Limits.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Mapping the Emerging Field of Constitutional Advice -- Chapter 2. Some Advice on Constitutional Advice -- Chapter 3. Do We Need Constitutional Advice? Denmark – The Story of a Self-Sufficient Political System -- Chapter 4. Constitutional Advice and Signals in the Netherlands: Actors and Impact -- Chapter 5. The Council of State of Belgium: Advising the Political Branches, and the Constitutional Court -- Chapter 6. Advising on Constitutional Matters in a Mixed Legal System: The Example of Cyprus -- Chapter 7. Understanding the Dilemma of Constitutional Advice in Transitional Societies: A Comparative Analysis of Ghana and Colombia -- Chapter 8. Openness of Constitutional Review: A Comparative Analysis of How Transparency is Ensured in Ex Ante Constitutional Review -- Chapter 9. Constitutional Reasoning There and Back Again: The Facebook Oversight Board as a Source of Transnational Constitutional Advice -- Chapter 10. Advisory Opinions of the Dutch Council of State as Contributions to a Constitutional Dialogue -- Chapter 11. Courts as Consiglieri: Advisory Opinions in a Comparative Constitutional Perspective.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Exploring the Concept of a Constitutional Identity for the European Union -- Chapter 2. Three Meanings of Constitutional Identity and their Prospects in the European Union -- Chapter 3. A Plaidoyer Against the Sisyphean Endeavour to Imagine the Constitutional Identity of the EU -- Chapter 4. Constitutional Identity of the EU as a Counterbalance for Unconstitutional Constitutional Identities of the Member States -- Chapter 5. Parameters of EU and Member State Constitutional Identity: A Topic in Development -- Chapter 6. St. Augustine and the ECJ on Citizenship -- Chapter 7. The Principle of Solidarity Forging the Constitutional Identity of the European Union -- Chapter 8. United in Diversity – Homogeneity and Differentiation as Parts of the Union's Constitutional Identity -- Chapter 9. European Constitutional Identity as a Normative Concept: Pointing to the Core of European Democracies -- Chapter 10. From Monologues to Dialogue: the US "Certification" Procedure as a Source of Inspiration for EU Cooperative Judicial Federalism.