Erik O. Eriksen is Professor of Political Science at University of Oslo and Professor II at The University College of Oslo. John Erik Fossum is Senior Researcher at ARENA, University of Oslo, and Associate Professor at the University of Bergen. Agustín José Menéndez is Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Universidad de León, Professor at the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset and CIDEL fellow at ARENA, University of Oslo.

• Prologue Bruce AckermanChapter 1 Introduction: A Constitution in the Making?Chapter 2 Why Europe Needs a Constitution, Jürgen Habermas:Chapter 3: On the Right to Self-Government, Erik O. EriksenChapter 4 Human Rights, Constitutionalism and Integration: Iconography and Fetishism, Joseph H. H. WeilerChapter 5 Treaty or Constitution? The legal basis of the European Union after Maastricht, Dieter GrimmChapter 6: A Polity without a State? European Constitutionalism between Evolution and Revolution, Hauke BrunkhorstChapter 7 Three Conceptions of the European Constitution, Agustín José MenéndezChapter 8 The Politics of Law and the Law of Politics - Two Constitutional Traditions in Europe, Christoph MöllersChapter 9 Wille zur Verfassung, or the Constitutional State in Europe, Massimo La TorreChapter 10 Law, Economics and Politics in the Constitutionalisation of Europe, Christian Joerges and Michelle EversonChapter 11 The Convention Method and the Transformation of EU Constitutional Politics, Carlos ClosaChapter 12 Deliberation or Bargaining? Coping with Constitutional Conflicts in the Convention on the Future of Europe, Paul MagnetteChapter 13 Still a Union of deep diversity? The Convention and the Constitution for Europe, John E. Fossum