PART I CONSTITUTIONAL EUROPE 1. Questioning the EU’s ‘Principled Openness’ to International Law: An Examination of the Court’s Reception of the Aarhus Convention and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Gráinne de Búrca (New York University, UK), Claire Kilpatrick (European University Institute, Italy), and Joanne Scott (European University Institute, Italy) 2. Mixed Agreements and Constitutional Gaps Marise Cremona (European University Institute, Italy) 3. The European Union and National Constitutional Values Monica Claes (Maastricht University, the Netherlands) PART II DIFFERENTIATED EUROPE 4. Differentiation and Flexibility in EU Law Ellen Vos (Maastricht University, the Netherlands) 5. Recomposing the EU: Flying Together Beyond Turbulence Deirdre Curtin (European University Institute, Italy) PART III SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL EUROPE 6. On the ‘Slow Constitutionalisation’ of Social Europe Diamond Ashiagbor (University of Kent, UK) 7. The Emergence of a European Union Law of Education Hildegard Schneider (Maastricht University, the Netherlands) PART IV MINORITIES EUROPE 8. Protection of Minorities in EU Law Iyiola Solanke (University of Oxford, UK) 9. Minorities in the European Court of Human Rights (Or How the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Was Awakened to their Cultural and Political Assertiveness) Dia Anagnostou (Panteion University of Social Sciences, Greece) 10. On Democracy, Courts and Minority Rights: Mobilising Supranational Courts against Authoritarian Regimes Dilek Kurban (European University Institute, Italy) PART V SCHOLARLY EUROPE 11. How to Introduce the EU Legal Order? Some Thoughts on Framework and Method Elise Muir (KU Leuven, Belgium) 12. Pragmatism and EU Law Niamh Nic Shuibhne (University of Edinburgh, UK) PART VI RETHINKING ACADEMIA: BRUNO DE WITTE 13. Rethinking Academia: Bruno De Witte Ruth Rubio Marín (University of Sevilla, Spain)