The Europeanisation of National Constitutions in the Constitutionalisation of Europe: Some Observations against the Background of the Constitutional Experience of the EU-15

1 Constitutions come in many guises, as does the meaning of the concept 'Constitution'. In this article I will use the term Constitution (capital 'c') for the constitutional document, and constitution (small 'c') for the broader concept of fundamental norms, rules and practices which are considered constitutional.