Designing the European Union

1. Introduction: On the Study of EU Treaties and Treaty Reforms
Finn Laursen

2. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and European Defence Community (EDC) Treaties
Iris Glockner, Berthold Rittberger

3. All Roads Lead to Rome: Background, Content and Legacy of the Treaties on the European Economic and European Atomic Energy Communities
Joaquín Roy

4. The 1965 Merger Treaty: The First Reform of the Founding European Community Treaties
Finn Laursen

5. The 1970 and 1975 Budget Treaties: Enhancing the Democratic Architecture of the Community
Ann-Christina L. Knudsen

6. The Single European Act: Revitalising European Integration
Desmond Dinan

7. The Treaty of Maastricht: Designing the European Union
Colette Mazzucelli

8. The Amsterdam Treaty: Modest Reforms
Sophie Vanhoonacker

9. The Treaty of Nice: The Inadequate Preparation of Enlargement
Finn Laursen

10. The Constitutional Treaty: The Failed Formal Constitutionalisation
Derek Beach

11. The Treaty of Lisbon: Constitutional Treaty, Episode II
Jacques Ziller

12. Conclusions: So What do we Know about EU Treaties and their Reforms? And Where May we be Going?
Finn Laursen

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Political History, International Organization, Political Sociology, European Union Politics, Political Science