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European integration stands at a critical juncture, with Euroscepticism more widespread than ever. The Eurosceptic Mobilisation of Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive study of the mobilisation of constitutional law by Eurosceptic actors against the foundational principles of European integration.Drawing on constitutional theory, EU law, comparative public Law and the authors' expertise in Euroscepticism, this book introduces the concept of Eurosceptic constitutional counter-narratives: the strategic use of constitutional law to challenge European integration from within. Through four detailed case studies-covering the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and Poland-and cross-case empirical analysis, this book reveals how Eurosceptic actors construct and deploy these narratives within specific national contexts.The Eurosceptic Mobilisation of Constitutional Law offers a critical examination of the mechanisms behind this mobilisation and advances a normative defence of open constitutionalism, a model of constitutional thought that affirms and supports the principles of European integration.

This is an Open Access book.Amid the growing debate about models of judicial governance and their relationship to democratic quality, this book offers a systematic and empirical study of this relationship. The book thereby contributes to filling in this gap for the European continent. Taking an interdisciplinary politics and law perspective, and combining empirical and theoretical considerations, the book addresses the important link between democracy and judicial governance. In particular, it provides for three interconnected contributions. First, the book provides for a comprehensive classification of European countries into different models of judicial governance. Second, the book analyses empirically the relationship between the design of judicial governance and the quality of democracy. Third, building on those findings, the book presents policy reflections for the reform and improvement of mechanisms for judicial governance in European countries.The book seeks to refine our knowledge about the relationship between judicial governance and democracy, making an important academic and social contribution. In an era in which many democracies backslide and deconsolidate, it assesses to what extent existing mechanisms for judicial governance have contributed to the stability and quality of democratic systems in which they are implemented. Furthermore, the book puts forward reflections to improve the role of organs for judicial governance in fostering the quality of democracy. Since the book introduces in an accessible form key concepts of Judicial Governance, it will be of interest for the general public as well as academics and students in the fields of Law and Political Science. The book also addresses policy makers, as based on our empirical knowledge about the interaction judicial governance and democracy it puts forward ideas for a design of judicial governance that is more capable of protecting democratic systems of government.