2nd Working Paper on International Constitutional Law 2006

Democratic standards in an international constitutional context. The problem of uniform democratic standards in heterogeneous European surroundings (in German and English)

Citation: Bauer, Democratic standards in an international constitutional context , ICL-WorkingPaper 02/06 (www.icl-workshop.com)

Abstract: Standards of Democracy are often perceived as a national concept to describe the democratisation of a national system. There can be democratic Standards within European Institutions such as the European Union or the Council of Europe by applying a supranational grasp. These Standards of Democracy have an important European perspective that requires an extended understanding beyond national cultural ideas and constitutional regulations.