Aida Torres Pérez, Professor of Constitutional Law at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

Aida Torres Pérez is Professor of Constitutional Law at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) since 2005. She graduated in Law at Pompeu Fabra (1999), where she pursued doctoral studies (DEA 2003). She studied a Master of Laws at the Yale Law School (LL.M. 2002), where she also wrote her thesis and obtained her doctoral degree (JSD 2006). She has been awarded numerous fellowships (La Caixa 2001-2003, Yale Center for International and Area Studies Summer 2003, AGAUR 2003-2004, Caja Madrid 2004-2005, Lillian Goldman 2005-2006, IEA 2007-2008). Her main fields of research are European constitutionalism, multilevel protection of rights in Europe, fundamental rights, constitutional theory, and the impact of globalization upon the separation of powers. She has taught courses, given presentations, and published several articles regarding these issues.

"This is an impressive book and it uses valuable insights from legal theory and US constitutional law to answer an important question of EU law. Torres Perez develops her ideas with great clarity and the solutions she brings forward are highly interesting." - Common Market Law Review

"...the book provides a stimulating contribution to the debate." - Nik de Boer, Common Market Law Review