Not surprisingly, European Union member states enjoy constitutional guarantees which protect their essential characteristics. This of course produces an evident tension with the increasing impact of European integration. Thus, the question arises, if, and to what degree those individual constitutions and legal cultures undlerying them pose an obstacle to future integration.
The collections brings together the output of an ambitious legal research project that explored the conditions for the future evolution of European integration in all its member states. Authoritative, comprehensive, rigorous, and following a single structured approach throughout the reports that allows for comparability, it will become the standard reference work for academics, students, and practitioners in the field of European Union Law and integration.