G.Martinico, From the Constitution for Europe to the Reform Treaty: a literature survey on European Constitutional Law, Perspectives on Federalism, Summer 2009 1.1 (2009): R- 13-R- 41

The aim of this paper is to offer a brief overview of the international literature regarding the European Constitutional Law.

It is possible to identify five groups of studies which will serve as guidelines of this review article:

1. The Constitution for Europe and the constitutional moment;

2. The Constitutional Treaty and the innovations “proposed”;

3. The European Court of Justice’s activism;

4. The Constitutional stop and the rise of the Reform Treaty;

5. The notion and the nature of a Constitution for Europe after the constitutional failure.