Abstract
The contribution reflects on the limitation of national sovereignty which has been effectuated by a transfer of national competences to the supranational institutions. The EU member states have opened their formerly closed legal orders through such transfers and accepted that EU law has direct normative effect. Primacy of EU law is generally accepted, but not regarded as being absolute. In tendency, the core elements of a Constitution are safeguarded by the constitutional courts which have elaborated the concept of constitutional identity.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Ardant, Philippe, and Bertand Mathieu. 2010. Institutions Politiques et Droit Constitutionnel, 22nd ed. Paris: LGDJ.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1970. DC No. 70-39 du 19 juin 1970. Rec., p.15.ECLI:FR:CC:1970:70.39.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-con..-dc/decision-n-70-39-dc-du-19-juin-1970.7185.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1976. Déc. No. 76-71 DC du 30 Déc. 1976 http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/1976/76-71-dc/decision-n-76-71-dc-du-30-decembre-1976.7453.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1985. Déc. No. 85-188 du 22 mai 1985. Rec., p.15. ECLI:FR:CC:1985:85.188.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-con..-dc/decision-n-85-188-dc-du-22-mai-1985.8148.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1991a. Déc. No. 91-223 du 23 juillet 1991. Rec., p.77. ECLI:FR:CC:1991:91.293.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-con..decision-n-91-293-dc-du-23-juillet-1991.8762.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1991b. Déc. No. 91-294 du 25 juillet 1991. Rec., p.91. ECLI:FR:CC:1991:91.294.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-con..decision-n-91-294-dc-du-25-juillet-1991.8764.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1992. Déc. No. 92-308 du 9 avril 1992. Rec., p.55. ECLI:FR:CC:1992:92.308.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-con..c/decision-n-92-308-dc-du-09-avril-1992.8798.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 1997. Déc. No. 97-394 du 31 décembre 1997. Rec., p.344. ECLI:FR:CC:1997:97.394.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/1997/97-394-dc/decision-n-97-394-dc-du-31-decembre-1997.11129.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 2004. Déc. No. 2004-505 du 19 novembre 2004. Rec., p.173. ECLI:FR:CC:2004:2004.505.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2004/2004-505-dc/decision-n-2004-505-dc-du-19-novembre-2004.888.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 2006. Déc. 2006-540 DC du 27 juillet 2006. Rec., 88. ECLI:FR:CC:2006:2006.540.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2006/2006-540-dc/decision-n-2006-540-dc-du-27-juillet-2006.1011.html.
Conseil Constitutionnel (CC). 2007. Déc. No.2007-560 du 13 décembre 2007. Rec., p.459. ECLI:FR:CC:2007:2007.560.DC. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2007/2007-560-dc/decision-n-2007-560-dc-du-20-decembre-2007.1166.html.
Conseil constitutionnel (CC). 2013. Décision n° 2013-314P QPC du 04 avril 2013. http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2013/2013-314p.qpc/decision-n-2013-314p-qpc-du-04-avril-2013.136588.html.
Corte Costituzionale. 2008a. Sentenza No. 102/2008. http://www.cortecostituzionale.it/actionSchedaPronuncia.do?anno=2008&numero=102.
Corte Costituzionale. 2008b. Ordinanza No. 103/2008 giurcost.org/decisioni/index.html. http://www.giurcost.org/decisioni/index.html.
Cour constitutionnelle belge. 2013. Referring judgment of the Constitutional Court: 172/2013 of 19-12-2013. http://www.const-court.be/ Preliminary rulings from the Court of Justice.
European Court of Justice (ECJ). 1964. Costa/ENEL, 6/64, EC Rep. 1964, 585 (English Special Edition).
Favoreu, Luis, and Loïc Philip. 2011. Les grandes décisions du Conseil constitutionnel, 16th ed, 348–361. Paris: Dalloz.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 1974. Solange I, vol. 37, 271.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 1986. Solange II, vol. 73, 339.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 1993. Maastricht, vol. 89, 155.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 2009. Lissabon, vol. 123, 267 BVerfG, 2 BvE 2/08 of 30 June 2009. English version http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/es20090630_2bve000208en.htm.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 2010. Mangold, vol. 126, 286 BVerfG, 2 BvR 2661/06 of 06 July 2010. English version http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20100706_2bvr266106en.html.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 2011. vol. 125, 385; BVerfG, 2 BvR 987/10 of 07 September 2011. English version http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20110907_2bvr098710.htm.
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). 2014. BVerfG, 2 BvR 2728/13 of 14 January 2014. English version http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20140114_2bvr272813.html.
Haguenau-Moizard, Catherine. 2008. Frankreich. In Handbuch Ius Publicum Europaeum, Offene Staatlichkeit - Wissenschaft vom Verfassungsrecht, vol. II, ed. Armin von Bogdandy, Pedro Cruz Villalón, and Peter M. Huber, 37–69. Heidelberg: C.F.Müller.
House of Lords UK. 1990. R v Secretary of State for Transport. Ex p. Factortame Ltd. and others July 26, 1990. http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1990/7.html.
Isaac, Guy, and Marc Blanquet. 2012. Droit général de l‘Union européenne, 10th ed. Paris: Dalloz.
Mayer, Franz C., Lenski, Edgar, and Wendel, Mattias. 2008. Conseil d’Etat – Arcelor -Entscheidung vom 8. Februar 2007 (Übersetzung). Der Vorrang des Europarechts in Frankreich(Anmerkung) WHI – Paper (Walter-Hallstein-Institut der Humboldt-Universität Berlin) 11/08. www.whi-berlin.eu/documents/whi-paper1108.pdf. Printed also in Europarecht (EuR) 2008, Heft.1. 57–87.
Österreichischer Verfassungsgerichtshof. 2012. G 47/12-11; G 59/12-10; G 62,70,71/12-11 28.11.2012. http://www.vfgh.gv.at/cms/vfgh-site/attachments/5/9/4/CH0007/CMS1363700023224/vorratdatenspeicherung_vorlage_eugh_g47-12.pdf.
Rideau, Joël. 2010. Droit institutionnel de l’Union européenne, 6th ed. Paris: LGDJ.
Trybunal Konstytucyiny (TK). 2005. EU membership K 18/04.
Trybunal Konstytucyjny (TK). 2010. Lissabon K32/09.
Ústavní Soud (ÚS). 2006. Europ. Haftbefehl PL ÙS 66/04.
Ústavní Soud (ÚS). 2008. Lissabon I PL ÚS 19/08.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Arnold, R. (2016). Limitation of Sovereignty by European Integration: The German Experience in a Comparative View. In: Arnold, R. (eds) Limitations of National Sovereignty through European Integration. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7471-0_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7471-0_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-017-7469-7
Online ISBN: 978-94-017-7471-0
eBook Packages: Law and CriminologyLaw and Criminology (R0)