This two-volume book published open access brings together leading scholars of constitutional
law from twenty-nine European countries to revisit the role of national constitutions at a time
when decision-making has increasingly shifted to the European and transnational level. It
offers important insights into three areas. First it explores how constitutions reflect the
transfer of powers from domestic to European and global institutions. Secondly it revisits
substantive constitutional values such as the protection of constitutional rights the rule of
law democratic participation and constitutional review along with constitutional court
judgments that tackle the protection of these rights and values in the transnational context
e.g. with regard to the Data Retention Directive the European Arrest Warrant the ESM Treaty
and EU and IMF austerity measures. The responsiveness of the ECJ regarding the above rights and
values along with the standard of protection is also assessed. Thirdly challenges in the
context of global governance in relation to judicial review democratic control and
accountability are examined. On a broader level the contributors were also invited to reflect
on what has increasingly been described as the erosion or ¿twilight¿ of constitutionalism or a
shift to a thin version of the rule of law democracy and judicial review in the context of
Europeanisation and globalisation processes.The national reports are complemented by a
separately published comparative study which identifies a number of broader trends and
challenges that are shared across several Member States and warrant wider discussion. The
research for this publication and the comparative study were carried out within the framework
of the ERC-funded project ¿The Role and Future of National Constitutions in European and Global
Governance¿.The book is aimed at scholars researchers judges and legal advisors working on
the interface between national constitutional law and EU and transnational law. The extradition
cases are also of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of criminal law.Anneli
Albi is Professor of European Law at the University of Kent United Kingdom.Samo Bardutzky is
Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Ljubljana Slovenia.
