Constitutional Disintegration and Disruption: Withdrawal and Opt-Outs from the European Union

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Oliver Garner (Research Leader in European Rule of Law, Research Leader in European Rule of Law, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law)

Constitutional Disintegration and Disruption

Withdrawal and Opt-Outs from the European Union

Oliver Garner (Research Leader in European Rule of Law, Research Leader in European Rule of Law, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law)

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English

Oxford University Press
22 May 2025

Legal system: general; Constitutional & administrative law

Series: Oxford Studies in European Law

The United Kingdom's unprecedented withdrawal from the European Union in 2020 may be regarded as the first example of European 'disintegration'. This moment, however, was preceded by decades of 'disruption' as the UK, Ireland, and Denmark pursued opt-outs from the supranational constitutional order. Constitutional Disintegration and Disruption: Withdrawal and Opt-Outs from the European Union provides the first comprehensive analysis of these two constitutional phenomena. The book presents the EU as an order that is legitimated by individuals playing a dual-role as both nationals of Member States and citizens of the Union; in turn, individuals are both democratic subjects and juridical objects. The EU Treaties have instituted a 'triptych' for the exercise of 'constituted constituent power' by these individuals: Article 49 TEU allowing accession, Article 48 TEU enabling amendment, and Article 50 TEU as a mechanism for the repatriation of power through withdrawal. Opt-outs are an iterative anomaly that have arisen through the retention of amendment power by representatives of Member State nationals. Reservations of constituent power have been operationalised in Protocols to the Treaties. By contrast, the withdrawal clause was proactively inserted into the Treaties as a sovereign right for Member State nationals subject to an orderly supranational procedure for the benefit of all EU citizens. The book presents narratives of disruption and disintegration that provide comprehensive historical overviews of how opt-outs and withdrawal arose and developed.

Constitutional Disintegration and Disruption concludes with criticism of the consequences of these phenomena for individuals, and proposes reforms to the EU Treaties that would enable citizens to more fully realise their dual-role in the European constitutional space.

By: Oliver Garner (Research Leader in European Rule of Law Research Leader in European Rule of Law Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9780198914105
ISBN 10: 0198914105
Series: Oxford Studies in European Law
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 22 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Oliver Garner is a Research Leader in European Rule of Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is also the Managing Editor of the Central European University Democracy Institute Working Paper series and the Editor of the Rule of Law section of the Review of Democracy. He was a reconstitution fellow in 2022-23 and held visiting researcher positions at Dublin City University and the London School of Economics. He completed his LL.M. and Ph.D. at the European University Institute and a BA in Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.