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Conference Report - Europe's Constitutionalization as an Inspiration for Global Governance? Some Viennese Conference Impressions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

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“New Foundations for European and Global Governance? The Achievements of Europe's Constitutionalization.” This was the title of the two-day conference organized by the European Community Studies Association (ECSA) of Austria and the Europainstitut of the University of Economics and Business Administration. The meeting was set in the beautiful atmosphere of the Banqueting Hall of the Bank of Austria building in the centre of Vienna on 29 and 30 November 2004.

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