1st Edition

European Union Constitutionalism in Crisis

By Nicole Scicluna Copyright 2015
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Several years after the first Greek bailout, the integration project of the European Union faces an interlocking set of political, economic, legal and social challenges that go to the very core of its existence. Austerity is the order of the day, and citizens in both debtor and creditor states increasingly turn to the political movements of the far left and right, anti-politics and street... Read more

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. A ‘quiet revolution’? The self-limiting success of the EU’s uncodified constitution 2. Constructing and reconstructing the Constitution for Europe 3. Contesting EU constitutionalism in Karlsruhe 4. EU constitutionalism’s democracy gap: A law of intended and unintended consequences 5. The euro crisis as a ‘loud revolution’: The limits of law and the rise of new forms of technocracy Conclusion

Biography

Nicole Scicluna is a researcher at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy.