Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface I -- Preface II - A Dutch-Italian Dialogue -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: The Dutch Constitution in Comparative Perspective -- Part I The Dutch Constitution in Context -- 2 A 200-Year-Old Constitution: Relic or Enigma? -- 3 Dutch Constitutional Law and the Evolution of the Monarchy -- 4 The Relationship between European Union and National Law in The Netherlands in a Comparative Perspective -- 5 The Dutch System and the Supranational Law: The Application of the ECHR in a Comparative Perspective -- 6 Some Reflections on the Dutch Economic Constitution: The Consultative Economy and Its Constitutional Significance -- Part II Fundamental Rights and Freedoms -- 7 A Hole in the Dike? Dignity, Rights and the Dutch Constitution -- 8 Rights and Liberties in the Dutch Context -- Part III Constitutional Change -- 9 Formal and Informal Constitutional Change in The Netherlands -- 10 Constitutional Interpretation: The Dutch Case in Comparative Perspective -- Part IV Local Government and Public Administration -- 11 The Local Government in the Dutch Constitutional System: A Comparative and European Perspective -- 12 Dutch Public Administration:ALaboratory for the Evolution of the Separation of Powers Doctrine -- Part V Parliamentary Democracy -- 13 Mixed Democracy in The Netherlands -- 14 The Dutch Form of Government: Main Features from a Diachronic and Comparative Perspective -- Part VI Constitutional Review -- 15 Changing Tides: The Rise (and Fall?) of Judicial Constitutional Review in The Netherlands -- 16 Constitutional Review in The Netherlands: A Few Remarks from an Outsider's Perspective -- List of Contributors