The chapter addresses the role of the judiciary during the 2008 economic crisis, which affected Europe and its Member States. In particular, the chapter compares the attitudes of national constitutional courts in judging austerity measures adopted under emergency circumstances, identifying three main justifications of the courts’ attitude during the crisis: 1. national supreme courts acted in order to safeguard the constitutional core values threatened by the extraordinary circumstances posed by the economic crisis; 2. they acted as institutions engaged in a kind of “institutional competition” with other constitutional actors; 3. they acted in order to affirm the self-standing nature of national constitutional order, with respect to supranational and international interference. The chapter explores how in the future the EU should improve the virtuous relationship between its political and judicial actors in order to avoid the flaws and legal contradictions that have characterized its response to the economic emergency so far.
Judging in Times of Economic Crisis: The Case Law on Austerity Measures in Comparative Perspective / A. Baraggia (IUS GENTIUM). - In: Constitutionalism Under Extreme Conditions : Law, Emergency, Exception / [a cura di] R. Albert, Y. Roznai. - [s.l] : Springer, 2020. - ISBN 9783030489991. - pp. 175-195 [10.1007/978-3-030-49000-3_12]
Judging in Times of Economic Crisis: The Case Law on Austerity Measures in Comparative Perspective
A. Baraggia
2020
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The chapter addresses the role of the judiciary during the 2008 economic crisis, which affected Europe and its Member States. In particular, the chapter compares the attitudes of national constitutional courts in judging austerity measures adopted under emergency circumstances, identifying three main justifications of the courts’ attitude during the crisis: 1. national supreme courts acted in order to safeguard the constitutional core values threatened by the extraordinary circumstances posed by the economic crisis; 2. they acted as institutions engaged in a kind of “institutional competition” with other constitutional actors; 3. they acted in order to affirm the self-standing nature of national constitutional order, with respect to supranational and international interference. The chapter explores how in the future the EU should improve the virtuous relationship between its political and judicial actors in order to avoid the flaws and legal contradictions that have characterized its response to the economic emergency so far.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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