National Sovereignty in the European Union: View from the Czech Perspective

In: SpringerBriefs in Law

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Constitutionalism Beyond the State -- 2.1 Supranationality as a Womb of Post-Westphalian Deconstructions -- 2.2 The Complex Story of EU Constitutionalization -- 2.3 The Democratic Arrangement of the Internal Functioning of the EU -- 2.4 Coven of Lawyers and Its Child-Emancipated and Dominant EU Law -- 2.4.1 New Legal System Shaped by Judges and Lawyers -- 2.4.2 Autonomous Legal System -- 2.4.3 Dominant Legal System -- 2.4.3.1 The Cohabitation of Colliding Legal Worlds-The Principle of Primacy of the European Union Law -- 2.4.3.2 Indirect Dominance of Supranational Rules. An EU-Consistent Interpretation of National Law -- 2.4.3.3 The Price for the Non-conformity-State Liability for Damages Caused by Breaches of EU Law -- 2.5 'Cerberus' Guarding the Fundamental Rights -- 2.5.1 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union-Internal Pillar -- 2.5.2 European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms-External Pillar -- 2.5.3 Unwritten General Principles-Eternal Pillar -- 2.5.4 Autopoietic Role of Fundamental Rights -- References -- 3 Shared Entitlement to Legitimate Violence in the EU and Its Theoretical Outcomes -- 3.1 Heterarchy of Sovereigns -- 3.2 The Area of Darkness? -- 3.3 Sovereignty Still Matters, but It Is not the Same -- References -- 4 Sovereignty Vis-á-Vis Moloch of European Integration -- 4.1 Two Perspectives on the Meaning of State Sovereignty -- 4.1.1 Static Perception -- 4.1.2 Dynamic Approach -- 4.1.3 Reshaped but Still Present-Preserving Sovereignty in the Ideal World of Concepts -- References -- 5 Practical Sovereignty in a Real World-Relationship Between EU Law and National Law (The Czech Perspective) -- 5.1 Constitutional Limits of Normative Influence of EU Law -- 5.2 Constitutional Limits to the Indirect Effect of EU Law.