New mechanisms to strengthen democracy, the rule of law and effective legal protection in the Dutch multilayered legal order

Constitutional review of treaties in view of the recommendations of the Staatscommissie Parlementair Stelsel (State Commission on the Parliamentary System).

Key questions:

• How can the constitutional review of treaties, according to constitutional theory, strengthen the legitimacy of international and European law and of the constitution?
• What insights can be derived from the international debate on judicial review versus democratic decision-making?
• Which modalities of constitutional review (of treaties) can be distinguished in constitutional theory and practice, and can any of these be transplanted to the Dutch situation?

Researchers