Is Constitutional Pluralism Really Pluralist?
Is Constitutional Pluralism Really Pluralist?

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses two possible understandings of the relationship between European and national law which are represented by Miguel Poiares Maduro’s and Mattias Kumm’s conceptions of constitutional pluralism. The first section of the paper discusses the possible approaches to the relationship between national and European law generally, followed by a more detailed description of Maduro’s and Kumm’s theories. In the main section, it is argued that although both authors claim that their theories are pluralist, their true nature is actually based on the principles which are typical for monism.

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