The EU global regulatory state and the search for transnational democracy – reflections from the edges of Europe
In this essay, I reflect on the evolving role of the European Union (EU) as a global regulatory state against the backdrop of Christian Joerges’s influential work on European constitutionalism. Engaging with Joerges’s intellectual oeuvre represents a personal moment in my academic journey, having co...
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| description | In this essay, I reflect on the evolving role of the European Union (EU) as a global regulatory state against the backdrop of Christian Joerges’s influential work on European constitutionalism. Engaging with Joerges’s intellectual oeuvre represents a personal moment in my academic journey, having come of age as a scholar under his guidance during my PhD studies at the European University Institute in Florence. I therefore would like to use the opportunity to critically engage with his work while situating my scholarly analysis within the broader context of my personal experiences across Europe and how they have shaped my focus on political power beyond traditional state politics. The essay begins with a personal reflection on the interplay between the personal, the political, and the academic in my work on democracy in the EU regulatory state. Subsequently, I delve into Joerges’s theory of conflicts-law-constitutionalism, examining its strengths and weaknesses, as well as its relevance for understanding the new geopolitical turn in EU external regulation and its implications for democratic constitutionalism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80aa29c2db8b42959701106eca040a942025-01-16T21:50:52ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Law Open2752-613511610.1017/elo.2024.45The EU global regulatory state and the search for transnational democracy – reflections from the edges of EuropeMaria Weimer0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-0501Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsIn this essay, I reflect on the evolving role of the European Union (EU) as a global regulatory state against the backdrop of Christian Joerges’s influential work on European constitutionalism. Engaging with Joerges’s intellectual oeuvre represents a personal moment in my academic journey, having come of age as a scholar under his guidance during my PhD studies at the European University Institute in Florence. I therefore would like to use the opportunity to critically engage with his work while situating my scholarly analysis within the broader context of my personal experiences across Europe and how they have shaped my focus on political power beyond traditional state politics. The essay begins with a personal reflection on the interplay between the personal, the political, and the academic in my work on democracy in the EU regulatory state. Subsequently, I delve into Joerges’s theory of conflicts-law-constitutionalism, examining its strengths and weaknesses, as well as its relevance for understanding the new geopolitical turn in EU external regulation and its implications for democratic constitutionalism.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2752613524000456/type/journal_articleEU regulatory stateEU constitutionalismtransnational democracyEU external regulation |
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| title | The EU global regulatory state and the search for transnational democracy – reflections from the edges of Europe |
| title_full | The EU global regulatory state and the search for transnational democracy – reflections from the edges of Europe |
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| title_short | The EU global regulatory state and the search for transnational democracy – reflections from the edges of Europe |
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