Book Review of: Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Revolt or Revolution: The Constitutional Boundaries of the European Community

Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 603-622, 2000

20 Pages Posted: 6 Jul 2008 Last revised: 4 Mar 2009

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Constance de la Vega

University of San Francisco School of Law

Date Written: 2000

Abstract

This article reviews Diarmuid Rossa's Revolt or Revolution: The Constitutional Boundaries of the European Community, which explores the interrelationship between European Community (EC) law and the constitutional law of its members.

The review concludes that Revolt or Revolution will be of likely interest to anyone studying European law, comparative legal systems and the philosophy of law, and to North Americans interested in the birth of a federal system and the problems that have arisen from it, and in questions regarding the constitutionality of recently enacted trade agreements.

This review also notes that Revolt or Revolution provides a valuable comparison between the application of public international law and the application of EC law in the EC Member States' legal systems, and that the author's focus on the French and the Irish makes the book a useful resource for persons interested in those systems (though the concentration on two countries only leads to the omission of decisions from other countries that contribute important developments in the application of EC law).

Keywords: Diarmuid Rossa, Revolt or Revolution: The Constitutional Boundaries of the European Community, European Community law, public international law, French legal system, Irish legal system

Suggested Citation

de la Vega, Constance, Book Review of: Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, Revolt or Revolution: The Constitutional Boundaries of the European Community (2000). Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 603-622, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1154802

Constance De la Vega (Contact Author)

University of San Francisco School of Law ( email )

2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

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