Constitutional Change through Euro-Crisis Law

Cambridge University Press, 7/6/2017
EAN 9781107184497, ISBN10: 1107184495

Hardcover, 356 pages, 23.8 x 16.9 x 2.4 cm
Language: English

Constitutional Change through Euro-Crisis Law contains a comparative constitutional analysis of the impact of a very broad range of euro-crisis law instruments on the EU and national constitutions. It covers contrasting assessments of the impact of euro-crisis law on national parliaments, various types of criticism on the EU economic governance framework, different views on what is needed to improve the multilevel system of economic governance, and valuable insights into the nature of emergency discourse in the legislative arena and of the spillover from the political to the judicial sphere. In addition, it deals with how bailout countries, even if part of the same group of euro area Member States subject to a programme, have reacted differently to the crisis.

1. Constitutional change through Euro-crisis law
taking stock, new perspectives and looking ahead Thomas Beukers, Bruno de Witte and Claire Kilpatrick
Part I. Reconstructing the European Space for Economic Governance
2. The European fiscal consolidation legal framework
its impact on national fiscal constitutions and parliamentary democracy Violeta Ruiz Almendral
3. A multi-level playing field for economic policy-making
does EU economic governance have impact? Päivi Leino and Janne Salminen
4. Creation and reform of independent fiscal institutions in EU member states
incomplete and insufficient work in progress? Diane Fromage
5. Differentiated integration from the perspective of non-Euro area member states Thomas Beukers and Marijn van der Sluis
Part II. National Constitutional Manifestations of Economic Emergency
6. Greece
constitutional deconstruction and the loss of national sovereignty Afroditi Marketou
7. Spain
dealing with the economic emergency through constitutional reform and limited parliamentary intervention Leticia Díez-Sanchez
8. Constitutional change through emergency decrees
the abolition of provinces in Italy Leonardo Pierdominici
9. Ireland
traditional procedures adapted for economic emergency Stephen Coutts
Part III. Constitutional Judicial Challenges to Euro-Crisis Law
10. Legitimacy through adjudication
the ESM treaty and the fiscal compact before the national courts Jan-Herman Reestman
11. Constitutions, social rights and sovereign debt states in Europe
a challenging new area of constitutional inquiry Claire Kilpatrick.