Bill Davies is a legal historian focusing on the development of a constitutional practice of law in the European Union. He holds a PhD from King's College, London and currently works as an Assistant Professor in Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at the American University, Washington DC. He has published on the German role in the formation of the European legal system in the Journal of European Integration History and the Contemporary European History Journal.

'This book furnishes important historical evidence to back the theory that the development of fundamental rights protection in the European Union has been strongly influenced by national constitutional debates. … In fact, European law never has been one-way traffic, nor should it be.' Peter J. Cullen, International Affairs

• 1. Between sovereignty and integration: West Germany, European integration, and the constitutionalization of European law; 2. Conditional acceptance or accepted condition? West German legal academia and the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 3. National vs. supranational: West German public opinion towards the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 4. Competition and competencies: the West German government's response to the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 5. Dealing with the fallout: German and European responses to the Solange decision; 6. Legal integration in Europe, the US, and beyond.

Bill Davies is a legal historian focusing on the development of a constitutional practice of law in the European Union. He holds a PhD from King's College, London and currently works as an Assistant Professor in Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at the American University, Washington DC. He has published on the German role in the formation of the European legal system in the Journal of European Integration History and the Contemporary European History Journal.

'This book furnishes important historical evidence to back the theory that the development of fundamental rights protection in the European Union has been strongly influenced by national constitutional debates. … In fact, European law never has been one-way traffic, nor should it be.' Peter J. Cullen, International Affairs

• 1. Between sovereignty and integration: West Germany, European integration, and the constitutionalization of European law; 2. Conditional acceptance or accepted condition? West German legal academia and the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 3. National vs. supranational: West German public opinion towards the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 4. Competition and competencies: the West German government's response to the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 5. Dealing with the fallout: German and European responses to the Solange decision; 6. Legal integration in Europe, the US, and beyond.

Bill Davies is a legal historian focusing on the development of a constitutional practice of law in the European Union. He holds a PhD from King's College, London and currently works as an Assistant Professor in Justice, Law and Society in the School of Public Affairs at the American University, Washington DC. He has published on the German role in the formation of the European legal system in the Journal of European Integration History and the Contemporary European History Journal.

'This book furnishes important historical evidence to back the theory that the development of fundamental rights protection in the European Union has been strongly influenced by national constitutional debates. … In fact, European law never has been one-way traffic, nor should it be.' Peter J. Cullen, International Affairs

• 1. Between sovereignty and integration: West Germany, European integration, and the constitutionalization of European law; 2. Conditional acceptance or accepted condition? West German legal academia and the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 3. National vs. supranational: West German public opinion towards the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 4. Competition and competencies: the West German government's response to the constitutionalization of European law, 1949–79; 5. Dealing with the fallout: German and European responses to the Solange decision; 6. Legal integration in Europe, the US, and beyond.