European Constitutionalism the Other Way Round

Jan Komárek is Professor of EU Law at the University of Copenhagen (on leave) and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, where he holds Donatio Universitatis Carolinae Chair (2025–2026). Birgit Aasa is a qualified lawyer in Estonia and holds a Ph.D. from the European University Institute. A former postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Copenhagen, she is currently a civil servant in the European Parliament. Marina Bán has a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Amsterdam and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Copenhagen University. Michał Krajewski holds a Ph.D. from the European University Institute. A former postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Copenhagen, he is currently an Inquiries Officer with the European Ombudsman, Brussels.

• 1. Imagining statehood and constitutionalism in Europe: introduction Jan Komárek, Birgit Aasa, Marina Bán and Michał Krajewski; Part I. Nation States, Member States and Their Others: 2. Vicarious sovereignty: becoming European the Estonian way Maria Mälksoo; 3. From federation to external constraint: Europe in the Italian constitutional imagination Marco Goldoni; 4. Sovereignty and the misery of small eastern European Nations Hent Kalmo; 5. Ruling Britannia Martin Loughlin; 6. The power of concepts: from 'self-management' to 'sovereignty' in Soviet Estonia (1987–88) Juhan Saharov; 7. European integration-ineffable aspiration or the object of concern? About the ambiguity of Europe in the Polish constitutional imaginary Aleksandra Kustra-Rogatka; 8. The constitutionalised image of enemy in the Hungarian fundamental law Attila Antal; Part II. Bringing Back the Past (To Serve or Understand The Present?): 9. Political integration through constitutional memory? Historical constitution and community building in Hungary Kálmán Pócza; 10. The constitutional concept of the historical constitution and illiberalism: the case of Hungary Tímea Drinóczi; 11. Estonians' European imaginaries: the Soviet and pre-Soviet legacy Epp Annus; 12. Czechoslovakia: Remembering and forgetting the failures of a state Mary Heimann; 13. A constitution without qualities? three narratives about Austrian constitutional law Ulrich Wagrandl; Part III. The Varieties of Liberalism in Europe: 14. Rule of what law? Authoritarian pasts, liberal politics and constitutional imagination in early post-communist East Central Europe Michal Kopeček; 15. From the facade to solid foundation? the evolution of the polish constitutional law discourse in years 1944–1989 Wojciech Zomerski; 16. Nordic democratic exceptionality after the end of history: a neoliberalized constitutional imaginary? Johan Strang; 17. 50 years of democratic constitutionalism in Portugal – between constitutional aspirations and the European path Mariana Canotilho; 18. Constitutional drift – exploring the deeper roots of Polish constitutional crisis Karol Muszyński and Paweł Skuczyński; 19. On the French constitutional imaginary: the erosion of the long-standing Republican tradition François-Xavier Millet; 20. From legal impossibilism to the rule of law crisis: transitional justice and polish counter-constitutionalism Michał Krotoszyński.