The Constitutionalization of European Budgetary Constraints

Maurice Adams is Professor of Democratic Governance and Rule of Law (vfund chair) and Professor of General Jurisprudence at Tilburg Law School. Federico Fabbrini is Assistant Professor of European and Comparative Constitutional Law at Tilburg Law School. Pierre Larouche is Professor of Competition Law and Director of Studies of the Bachelor Global Law at Tilburg Law School.

Foreword: Fiscal Capacity and Constitutional Reform in the EMU
Miguel Poiares Maduro

1 Introduction—The Constitutionalization of European Budgetary Constraints: Eff ectiveness and Legitimacy in Comparative Perspective
Maurice Adams, Federico Fabbrini and Pierre Larouche

Part 1 The New Constitutional Architecture of European Economic and Monetary Union

2 Economic Governance and the Euro Crisis: Constitutional Architecture and Constitutional Implications
Paul Craig

3 The Use of International Law as a Tool for Enhancing Governance in the Eurozone and its Impact on EU Institutional Integrity
Angelos Dimopoulos

4 Diff erentiated Economic Governance and the Reshaping of Dominium Law
Kenneth A Armstrong

5 EU Fiscal Governance and the Eff ectiveness of its Reform
Alexandre de Streel

6 Maastricht Revisited: Economic Constitutionalism, the ECB and the Bundesbank
Marijn van der Sluis

7 The Independence of the ECB after the Economic Crisis
Stefania Baroncelli

Part 2 The Constitutionalization of European Budgetary Constraints: Comparative Experiences

8 (Un)Balanced Budget Rules in Europe and America
Pieter-Augustijn Van Malleghem

9 A Legalization of Financial Constitutions in the EU? Reflections on the German, Spanish, Italian and French Experiences
Giacomo Delledonne

10 Fiscal Stability Rules in Central European Constitutions
Marek Antoš

11 Can Constitutional Rules, Even if 'Golden', Tame Greek Public Debt?
Lina Papadopoulou

12 Mandatory Balanced Budget in Dutch Legislation Following Examples Abroad?
Michal Diamant and Michiel van Emmerik

13 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

14 Domestic Courts, Constitutional Constraints and European Democracy: What Solution for the Crisis?
Ingolf Pernice

15 National Parliaments' Say on the New EU Budgetary Constraints: The Case of Spain and Ireland
Sonia Piedrafita

16 Who Got to Adjudicate the EU's Financial Crisis and Why? Judicial Review of the Legal Instruments of the Eurozone
Samo Bardutzky and Elaine Fahey

17 Th e Impact of Stronger Economic Policy Co-ordination on the European Social Dimension: Issues of Legitimacy
Francesco Costamagna

18 Power and Legitimacy in the Eurozone: Can Integration and Democracy Be Reconciled?
Peter L Lindseth

19 From Fiscal Constraints to Fiscal Capacity: The Future of EMU and its Challenges
Federico Fabbrini