Intro
Editorial Board
Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Introduction: Exploring the Concept of a Constitutional Identity for the European Union
1.1 Constitutional Identity Beyond the Member States
1.2 A Constitutional Identity for the EU?
1.3 The Content and Scope of a Constitutional Identity for the EU
1.4 The Function and Operation of a Constitutional Identity for the EU
1.5 Constitutional Identity in the EU and Beyond
References
2 Three Meanings of Constitutional Identity and Their Prospects in the European Union

2.1 Forms and Functions of Constitutional Identity
2.2 The EU Treaties as a "Functional" Constitution
2.3 Weakness of European Constitutional Identity
2.4 Different Sources of Identity
2.5 Auspices for a European Constitutional Identity
References
3 A Plaidoyer Against the Sisyphean Endeavour to Imagine the Constitutional Identity of the EU
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Oracle of Delphi
3.2.1 Know Thyself
3.2.2 European (Constitutional) Identity-Two Contrastive Methodological Narratives
3.2.3 (Constitutional) Identity as an Evasive Concept

3.2.4 An Endeavour of Numerous Projections-Following the Intuition and Creating the Meaning
3.2.5 Shared Constitutional Traditions-Comparison and Differentiation
3.3 Identity as Conceptual Substitute for Sovereignty-Nihil Novum Sub Sole
3.3.1 Conceptual History
3.3.2 Sovereignty and Identity Together
3.3.3 European Sovereignty and Neo-Colonial Delusions
3.4 Identity as a Relation
3.4.1 Identity as Relational, not Descriptive
3.4.2 Identified Subject Matter as Idea or Narrative
3.4.3 Singleness and Multitude of Identities
3.5 Tensions Between Identity and Democracy

3.5.1 Identity as Perpetuum Mobile
3.5.2 (Dis)Ability of Change and the Hierarchy of Norms
3.5.3 Law and Democratic Reversibility
3.6 Call the Essential Constitutional Commitments by Their Name
3.7 Conclusion
References
4 The Constitutional Identity of the EU as a Counterbalance for Unconstitutional Constitutional Identities of the Member States
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Constitutional Identity: A Global Concept and Its "European Sonderweg" as a Fundamental Legal Concept
4.2.1 Constitutional Identity: An Ambiguous, Malleable, Universal, and Fundamental Legal Notion

4.2.2 The European "Sonderweg" of Constitutional Identity
4.3 Unconstitutional Constitutional Identities
4.3.1 What Constitutes (Un)constitutional
4.3.2 Abusive Domestic Case Laws
4.3.3 Analyses
4.4 European Constitutional Identity
4.4.1 The Reason for Discussing the Notion
4.4.2 Constitutional Identity of the EU-Conceptualising the Term
4.4.3 Constitutional Identity of the EU-Protecting It with Legal Remedies and/or Political Measures
4.5 Conclusion
References
5 Parameters of EU and Member State Constitutional Identity: A Topic in Development