In this short but authoritative book, the nature and purpose of the European Constitution are explained by someone involved in its preparation. The author discusses how it was drafted, and tackles some much debated questions: whether it promises any enhancement of democracy in the EU, whether it implies that the EU is becoming a superstate, and whether it will strengthen the principle of subsidiarity and the protection of human rights.
Sir Neil MacCormick is Regius Professor of Public Law at Edinburgh University and also a Leverhulme research professor. He was an MEP from 1999-2004, and a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe from 2002-3.