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Courts, People, Citizens. Understanding EU's Constitutional Democracy with the Help of the Lisbon Treaty and the Lissabon Urteil

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(1)Courts, People, Citizens. Understanding EU's Constitutional Democracy with the Help of the Lisbon Treaty and the Lissabon Urteil Eijsbouts, W.T.; Beneyto J.M., Pernice I.. Citation Eijsbouts, W. T. (2011). Courts, People, Citizens. Understanding EU's Constitutional Democracy with the Help of the Lisbon Treaty and the Lissabon Urteil. In P. I. Beneyto J.M. (Ed.), Europe's Constitutional Challenges in the Light of the Recent Case Law of National Constitutional Courts (pp. 189-201). Baden Baden: Nomos. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/20318 Version:. Not Applicable (or Unknown). License:. Leiden University Non-exclusive license. Downloaded from:. https://hdl.handle.net/1887/20318. Note: To cite this publication please use the final published version (if applicable)..

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