1. This article has been inspired by our reading of the seminal work of Bruce Ackerman on the American Constitution.
2. The Community System: the Dual Character of Supranationalism
3. Reforming European Institutions of Governance
4. See Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum,Democracy in the European Union. Integration through deliberation?(Routledge, 2000); Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum and Agustin Jose Menendez,The Chartering of Europe(Nomos, 2003);Developing a Constitution for Europe, (Routledge, 2004).