The role of constitutional courts in multilevel governance / Patricia Popelier, Armen Mazmanyan, Werner Vandenbruwaene (eds.).

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Constitutional courts and multilevel governance in Europe / Armen Mazmanyan, Patricia Popelier, and Werner Vandenbruwaene -- Chapter 2. Constitutional courts as guardians of fundamental rights / Catherine Van de Heyning -- Chapter 3. The challenges for constitutional courts as guardians of fundamental rights in the European Union / Aida Torres Perez -- Chapter 4. The role of national constitutional courts in the European legal space / Monica Claes and Bruno de Witte -- Chapter 5. Regions and constitutional courts in a multilayered Europe / Anna Gamper -- Chapter 6. The judicial enforcement of subsidiarity. The comparative quest for an appropriate standard / Werner Vandenbruwaene -- Chapter 7. Majoritarianism, deliberation and accountability as institutional instincts of constitutional courts / Armen Mazmanyan -- Chapter 8. Constitutional courts and deliberative democracy / Mark van Hoecke -- Chapter 9. Deliberative practices of constitutional courts in consolidated and non-consolidated democracies / Patricia Popelier and Aida Araceli Patino Alvarez -- Chapter 10. The good shepherd of Karlsruhe. The'Hartz IV' decision : a good example of regulatory review by the German federal constitutional court? / Klaus Messerschmidt -- Chapter 11. The court as regulatory watchdog. The procedural approach in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Patricia Popelier -- Chapter 12. Courts as regulatory watchdogs. Does the European Court of Justice bark or bite? / David Keyaerts -- Chapter 13. Standing rights and regulatory dynamics in the European Union / Anne Meuwese.