The constitutionalization of European budgetary constraints

Forward:Fiscal capacity and constitutional reform in the EMU /Miguel Poiares Maduro --Introduction:The constitutionalization of European budgetary constraints: effectiveness and legitimacy in comparative perspective /Marice Adams, Federico Fabbrini and Pierre Larouche --Part 1. The new constitutional architecture of European Economic and Monetary Union --Economic governance and the Euro crisis: constitutional architecture and constitutional implications /Paul Craig --The use of international law as a tool for enhancing governance in the Eurozone and its impact on EU institutional integrity /Angelos Dimopoulos --Differentiated economic governance and the reshaping of dominium law /Kenneth A Armstrong --EU fiscal governance and the effectiveness of its reform /Alexandre de Streel --Maastricht revisited: economic constitutionalism, the ECB and the Bundesbank /Marijn van der Sluis --The independence of the ECB after the economic crisis /Stefania Baroncelli --Part 2. The constitutionalization of European budgetary constraints: comparative experiences --(Un)balanced budget rules in Europe and America /Pieter-Augustijn Van Malleghem --A legalization of financial constitutions in the EU? Reflections on the German, Spanish, Italian and French experiences /Giacomo Delledonne --Fiscal stability rules in central European constitutions /Marek Antoš --Can constitutional rules, even if "golden," tame Greek public debt? /Lina Papadopoulou --Mandatory balanced budget in Dutch legislation following examples abroad? /Michal Diamant and Michiel van Emmerik --An analysis of the method and efficacy of Ireland's incorporation of the fiscal compact /Roderic O'Gorman --Part 3. Towards a genuine EMU: democracy, legitimacy and integration --Domestic courts, constitutional constraints and European democracy: what solution for the crisis? /Ingolf Pernice --National parliaments' say on the new EU budgetary constraints: the case of Spain and Ireland /Sonia Piedrafita --Who got to adjudicate the EU's financial crisis and why? Judicial review and the legal instuments of the Eurozone /Samo Bardutzky and Elaine Fahey --The impact of stronger economic policy co-ordination on the European social dimension: issues of legitimacy /Francesco Costamagna --Power and legitimacy in the Eurozone: can integration and democracy be reconciled? /Peter L Lindseth --From fiscal constraints to fiscal capacity: the future of EMU and its challenges /Federico Fabbrini.

This book analyses the new constitutional architecture of the European Economic and Monetary Union, examines in a comparative perspective the constitutionalization of budgetary rules in the legal systems of the Member States, and discusses the implications of these changes