Constitutional reforms often occur under moments of national crisis, mainly economic and political ones. Recent economic crisis around the globe have intensified the adoption of austerity policies, reducing public spending in health system, labor and pension rights. Furthermore, political crisis in the representative government have generated self-protection measures for the maintenance of politicians in office, for example: infinite reelection, disrespect to opposition and minority groups. Usually, constitutional reforms that bring these changes lack opportunities for debate and deliberation, popular support is absent as well, jeopardizing therefore the legitimacy of constitutional amendments. This workshop: (a) it will explore the different impacts of recent economic and political crisis on constitutional design; (b) from a normative and empirical dimensions, it will debate how courts respond to austerity policies and political self-protection measures.