A Political, Legal and Economic Overview

Frontmatter -- Foreword to the Florence Integration Project Series -- Acknowledgements -- Summary Table of Contents -- Table of Contents -- Cumulative Table of Cases Volume I, Books 1-3 -- Cumulative Table of Treaty Provisions -- Cumulative Table of Constitutional Provisions -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I. Introduction -- Integration Through Law: Europe and the American Federal Experience. A General Introduction / Cappelletti, Mauro / Seccombe, Monica / Weiler, Joseph H. H. -- Part II. A Comparative Political, Legal and Economic Overview -- Federal Democracy: The U.S.A. and Europe Compared. A Political Science Perspective / Elazar, Daniel J. / Greilsammer, Ilan -- The "Federal" Legal Order: The U.S.A. and Europe Compared. A Juridical Perspective / Jacobs, Francis G. / Karst, Kenneth L. -- The Federal Economy: Law and Economic Integration and the Positive State - The U.S.A. and Europe Compared in an Economic Perspective / Heller, Thomas / Pelkmans, Jacques -- Part III. The Federal Experience of Some Nation States: Selected Topics -- Aspects of Australian Federalism and the European Communities Compared / Rowe, Gerard C. -- The Canadian Federal Experience - Selected Issues / Soberman, Dan -- Integration and the Federal Experience in Germany and Switzerland / Frowein, Jochen Abr. -- Part IV. Some Comparative Conclusions -- Federalism and European Integration: A Commentary / Kommers, Donald P. -- Backmatter