The constitutional order of the EU has been already approached by a number of different constitutional schools. This panel tries to test the epistemic value of a rather neglected notion in EU studies such as that of the material constitution by focusing on two inquiries: (1) whether the EU has a constitutional structure that qualifies...
The forgotten alternative: Ancient political thought
Goldoni‘s and Wilkinson‘s “material constitution“ offers one of the most elaborate alternatives to the constitutional normativism of our time. It is sociologically rich and pays heed to the economic forces underpinning a constitutional regime. Yet, along with other “sociological“ and “political“ approaches to constitutionalism it does not take into account that modern constitutional law emerges...
The EU Transformation of Social Market Economy
The paper develops five interconnected claims: 1) the appropriation of the principle of social market economy by the European Union has not generated a pan-European social market economy 2) the incorporation of this principle contributes to a socially-minded recalibration of previous EU regulatory strategies and enables the expansion of EU powers in the social sphere...
The Material Constitution of the Euro and Emergency Measures
An accepted narrative on the Euro crisis postulates that it offered the chance to transform the EU material constitution via emergency powers. This paper tries to advocate the opposite: emergency actions were required in order to address and contain the negative and destabilizing effects generated by the contradictions afflicting the governance of the Euro. In...