Series Editors Preface

There is, as is well known, a Eurosceptic element within the EU. It is also generally acknowledged that Eurosceptic actors use various strategies to attain their goals, including recourse to national constitutional law and constitutional courts to effectuate their desired ends. However, there has hitherto not been an in-depth study of the ways in which constitutional law has been deployed to realize this end. The present book by Pablo Castillo-Ortiz and Giuseppe Martinico fills this gap. It explores Eurosceptic constitutional counter-narratives from theoretical, doctrinal, and empirical angles. The theoretical dimension captures the different meanings of Euroscepticism, informed by thoroughgoing examination of the Eurosceptic mobilization of constitutional law. In doctrinal terms, there is analysis of national case law, especially that of constitutional courts, coupled with academic scholarship that seeks to analyse the national legal system and clarify the meaning of its rules. The empirical analysis includes study as to why Eurosceptic parties choose to mobilize constitutional law, and how they do so. There is discussion of the ways in which the mobilization of Eurosceptic constitutional counter-narratives is linked to the contestation of aspects of European integration, such as the role of courts or EU policies.