Table of Contents

Introduction: Constitutional Theory and Political Philosophy
1: Division of Powers: Traditions and Meanings
The traditional division of powers: a comparative sketch on France, England, the United States, and Germany
The separation of powers - functions and meanings of a concept
Conclusions
2: Self-Determination as the Source of Separated Powers
Self-determination as the basic concept of legitimacy
Self-determination through law
The three powers: a model from legitimacy
Conclusions
3: Problems of Separated Powers in the Constitutional State
Parliament and Government
Constitutional Review
Limits of judicial control of the administration
Conclusions
4: Separation of Powers Beyond the State
Introduction: The internationalization of law, an analysis from legitimacy
The internationalized constitutional state
European integration
International law
Hybrid organizations
5: Outlook: Governance - Constitutionalization - A Fourth Branch?

About the Author

Christoph Möllers, Professor of Law at Humboldt-University and Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, studied Law, Philosophy, and Comparative Literature at the Universities of Tübingen, Madrid, and Munich. He holds a Dr. iur. from the University of Munich and a Master of Law of the University of Chicago Law School. He was a Fellow at NYU School of Law and a Visiting Professor at Central European University Budapest and
Université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas.