Martin Loughlin is Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics. He specialises in constitutional theory and his books in the field include The Paradox of Constitutionalism (edited with Neil Walker, 2007), Foundations of Public Law (2010), The Idea of Public Law (2003), and Public Law and Political Theory (1992). Petra Dobner is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Halle, Germany.

[The collection] do[es] not only represent the current state of research, but advance[s] it.

• INTRODUCTION ; PART I: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE EROSION OF STATEHOOD ; 1. The Achievement of Constitutionalism and its Prospects in a Changed World ; 2. Disconnecting Constitutions from Statehood: Is Global Constitutionalism a Viable Concept? ; 3. What is Constitutionalisation? ; PART II: THE QUESTION OF EUROPE ; 4. European Governance: Governing with or without the State? ; 5. Legitimacy in the Multi-level European Polity ; 6. Constitutionalism and Representation: European Parliamentarism in the Treaty of Lisbon ; PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM WITHOUT DEMOCRACY? ; 7. More Law, Less Democracy? Democracy and Transnational Constitutionalism ; 8. On Constitutional Membership ; 9. Constitutionalism and Democracy in the World Society ; PART IV: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW ; 10. The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: Between Constitutional Triumphalism and Nostalgia ; 11. In Defence of 'Constitution' ; PART V: GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: A VIABLE SUBSTITUTE? ; 12. Global Administrative Law and the Constitutional Ambition ; 13. Administration without Sovereignty ; PART VI: THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIETAL CONSTITUTIONALISM ; 14. Beyond the Holistic Constitution? ; 15. The Morphogenesis of Constitutionalism ; 16. Fragmented Foundations: Societal Constitutionalism beyond the Nation State

Martin Loughlin is Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics. He specialises in constitutional theory and his books in the field include The Paradox of Constitutionalism (edited with Neil Walker, 2007), Foundations of Public Law (2010), The Idea of Public Law (2003), and Public Law and Political Theory (1992). Petra Dobner is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Halle, Germany.

[The collection] do[es] not only represent the current state of research, but advance[s] it.

• INTRODUCTION ; PART I: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE EROSION OF STATEHOOD ; 1. The Achievement of Constitutionalism and its Prospects in a Changed World ; 2. Disconnecting Constitutions from Statehood: Is Global Constitutionalism a Viable Concept? ; 3. What is Constitutionalisation? ; PART II: THE QUESTION OF EUROPE ; 4. European Governance: Governing with or without the State? ; 5. Legitimacy in the Multi-level European Polity ; 6. Constitutionalism and Representation: European Parliamentarism in the Treaty of Lisbon ; PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM WITHOUT DEMOCRACY? ; 7. More Law, Less Democracy? Democracy and Transnational Constitutionalism ; 8. On Constitutional Membership ; 9. Constitutionalism and Democracy in the World Society ; PART IV: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW ; 10. The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: Between Constitutional Triumphalism and Nostalgia ; 11. In Defence of 'Constitution' ; PART V: GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: A VIABLE SUBSTITUTE? ; 12. Global Administrative Law and the Constitutional Ambition ; 13. Administration without Sovereignty ; PART VI: THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIETAL CONSTITUTIONALISM ; 14. Beyond the Holistic Constitution? ; 15. The Morphogenesis of Constitutionalism ; 16. Fragmented Foundations: Societal Constitutionalism beyond the Nation State

Martin Loughlin is Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics. He specialises in constitutional theory and his books in the field include The Paradox of Constitutionalism (edited with Neil Walker, 2007), Foundations of Public Law (2010), The Idea of Public Law (2003), and Public Law and Political Theory (1992). Petra Dobner is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Halle, Germany.

[The collection] do[es] not only represent the current state of research, but advance[s] it.

• INTRODUCTION ; PART I: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE EROSION OF STATEHOOD ; 1. The Achievement of Constitutionalism and its Prospects in a Changed World ; 2. Disconnecting Constitutions from Statehood: Is Global Constitutionalism a Viable Concept? ; 3. What is Constitutionalisation? ; PART II: THE QUESTION OF EUROPE ; 4. European Governance: Governing with or without the State? ; 5. Legitimacy in the Multi-level European Polity ; 6. Constitutionalism and Representation: European Parliamentarism in the Treaty of Lisbon ; PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM WITHOUT DEMOCRACY? ; 7. More Law, Less Democracy? Democracy and Transnational Constitutionalism ; 8. On Constitutional Membership ; 9. Constitutionalism and Democracy in the World Society ; PART IV: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW ; 10. The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: Between Constitutional Triumphalism and Nostalgia ; 11. In Defence of 'Constitution' ; PART V: GLOBAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: A VIABLE SUBSTITUTE? ; 12. Global Administrative Law and the Constitutional Ambition ; 13. Administration without Sovereignty ; PART VI: THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIETAL CONSTITUTIONALISM ; 14. Beyond the Holistic Constitution? ; 15. The Morphogenesis of Constitutionalism ; 16. Fragmented Foundations: Societal Constitutionalism beyond the Nation State