Analysis of the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union shows that there is a serious discrepancy between the voting power gradient of Member States computed by the Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaf indices. Given the lack of compelling arguments to choose between these indices on purely axiomatic...

The constitutionalization of the state, the juridification of political power is one of the major achievements in the civilization of modern politics. Can and will this achievement survive the post-national constellation? The state no longer possesses all powers but some of its ruling authority...

The ways of decision making within the EU have significantly changed in the last decades: the rule of unanimity has been more and more substituted by majority voting in order to speed up decision-making processes in a Union of 27 heterogeneous member states. A third possibility is now offered by...

Der Europäische Konvent hat in seinem Verfassungsentwurf erste Reformschritte zur Entbürokratisierung der zahlreichen und kaum überschaubaren Ausschussverfahren in der EU vorgeschlagen. Welche Interessenkonflikte sind bei der Reform zu erwarten? Welche verfassungsökonomischen Aspekte sind zu...