http://www.metafilter.com/tags/euconstitution Posts tagged with 'euconstitution' at MetaFilter. Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:35:41 -0800 Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:35:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/27505/The%2DEU%2DConstitution <a href="http://european-convention.eu.int/docs/Treaty/cv00850.en03.pdf">The proposed European Union Constitution will lead to a massive welfare state? Or, "Compare and Contrast the United States Constitution with that of the EU"</a> From a cursory glance at the depth of the document, this detail-oriented Constitution is entirely alien to one such as myself used to the <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html"> broad Madisonian brushstrokes of the United States Constitution. </a>What are the merits and/or limits of the 'broad' versus 'detailed' Constitution? <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2003/08/04/2003062289"> Is the EU taking on more than a government should by stating provisions for general welfare and environmental awareness?</a> Or, is the EU looking ahead in ways that others have not? </a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27505 Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:35:41 -0800 constitution eu euconstitution europeanunion tgrundke