List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- The Constitutional Dimension -- Chapter One -- The "Spinelli Treaty" of February 1984 -- Chapter Two -- Taking "Constitutionalism" and "Legitimacy" Seriously -- Part Two -- The Comparative Dimension -- Chapter Three -- Revisiting Altiero Spinelli -- Chapter Four -- Altiero Spinelli and the Idea of the U.S. Constitution as a Model for Europe -- Part Three -- Political Actors and the Institutional Dimension -- Chapter Five -- The Question of Treaty Architecture -- Chapter Six -- François Mitterrand and the Spinelli Treaty of 1984 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors.