Accommodating diversity in multilevel constitutional orders : legal mechanisms of divergence and convergence / Maja Sahadžic, Jakob Gašperin Wischhoff, Marjan Kos, Jaka Kukavica, Julian Scholtes.

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1. Introduction: The Dialectics in Multilevel Systems -- Mechanisms of Divergence and Convergence -- 2. The Idea of 'Interlegal Balancing' in Multilevel Settings -- 3. Non-Hierarchical Coordination of Multi-Level Asymmetries for (Dynamic) Stability: Finding the Balance Between Convergence and Divergence -- 4. Constitutional Diversity and Differentiation in the EU: What Role for National Constitutional Demands under EU law?

5. Between Unity and Diversity: EU Data Protection Legislation as a Catalyst for a Constitutional Trilogue -- 6. Forgetting Identity Claims: The New Constitutional Paradigm in Multilevel Fundamental Rights Standards -- 7. Convergence and Divergence in EU External Action: The Very Slowly Emergent Doctrine of Shared Competence -- 8. A Convergence Movement Between the European Union's Economic Constitution and National Economic Constitutions -- Lessons from the Portuguese Case -- 9. Towards a General Typology of Consensus Analysis: From Entrenching Divergence to Constituting Convergence

10. Convergence, Divergence, and Strategic Interactions of International Courts: Lessons From the Protection of Business Premises for Legal Persons in Europe -- 11. Converging on Structures -- The Influence of Court Structure on Convergence and Divergence among Judges -- 12. Multilevel Governance in the EU Through Deliberative Democracy: Zooming into the Mechanism of the European Citizens' Initiative -- 13. EU law's Contribution in Streamlining Member State Enforcement Structures: A Promising Mechanism for Convergence? -- 14. Conclusion: Oscillating Between Unity and Diversity .

This book offers insights into the legal mechanisms that are adopted in multilevel constitutional orders to accommodate the tension between contrasting interests of diversity and unity and the converging or diverging effects they may have on the functioning of a multilevel constitutional order.