{"product_id":"constitutional-disintegration-and-disruption-withdrawal-and-opt-outs-from-the-european-union-9780198914105","title":"Constitutional Disintegration and Disruption: Withdrawal and Opt-Outs from the European Union","description":"The United Kingdom's unprecedented withdrawal from the European Union in 2020 may be regarded as the first example of European 'disintegration'. This moment, however, was preceded by decades of 'disruption' as the UK, Ireland, and Denmark pursued opt-outs from the supranational constitutional order. \u003cem\u003eConstitutional Disintegration and Disruption: Withdrawal and Opt-Outs from the European Union\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first comprehensive analysis of these two constitutional phenomena. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book presents the EU as an order that is legitimated by individuals playing a dual-role as both nationals of Member States and citizens of the Union; in turn, individuals are both democratic subjects and juridical objects. The EU Treaties have instituted a 'triptych' for the exercise of 'constituted constituent power' by these individuals: Article 49 TEU allowing accession, Article 48 TEU enabling amendment, and Article 50 TEU as a mechanism for the repatriation of power through withdrawal. Opt-outs are an iterative anomaly that have arisen through the retention of amendment power by representatives of Member State nationals. Reservations of constituent power have been operationalised in Protocols to the Treaties. By contrast, the withdrawal clause was proactively inserted into the Treaties as a sovereign right for Member State nationals subject to an orderly supranational procedure for the benefit of all EU citizens. The book presents narratives of disruption and disintegration that provide comprehensive historical overviews of how opt-outs and withdrawal arose and developed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eConstitutional Disintegration and Disruption \u003c\/em\u003econcludes with criticism of the consequences of these phenomena for individuals, and proposes reforms to the EU Treaties that would enable citizens to more fully realise their dual-role in the European constitutional space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Garner, \u003cem\u003eResearch Leader in European Rule of Law, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Oliver Garner is a Research Leader in European Rule of Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is also the Managing Editor of the Central European University Democracy Institute Working Paper series and the Editor of the Rule of Law section of the Review of Democracy. He was a reconstitution fellow in 2022-23 and held visiting researcher positions at Dublin City University and the London School of Economics. He completed his LL.M. and Ph.D. at the European University Institute and a BA in Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298369241362,"sku":"9780198914105","price":135.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c94cbbc9-aee0-435a-a955-7fac3dc22a90.jpg?v=1747817779","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/constitutional-disintegration-and-disruption-withdrawal-and-opt-outs-from-the-european-union-9780198914105","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}