Constitutions in the global financial crisis [electronic resource] : a comparative analysis / [edited] by Xenophon Contiades.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the global financial crisis and the constitution / Xenophon Contiades -- How constitutions react to the financial crisis / Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou -- The constitution and the financial crisis in Ireland / David Gwynn Morgan -- The constitutional consequences of the financial crisis in Italy / Tania Groppi, Irene Spigno, and Nicola Vizioli -- Financial crisis and the constitution in Latvia / Ringolds Balodis and Janis Pleps -- The Spanish constitution in the turmoil of the global financial crisis / Agustín Ruiz Robledo -- The constitution and the financial crisis in the UK : historical and contemporary lessons / John F. McEldowney -- The impact of the financial crisis on the Greek constitution / Xenophon Contiades and Ioannis A. Tassopoulos -- The sovereign debt crisis and the constitution's negative outlook : a Portuguese preliminary assessment / Jonatas E.M. Machado -- Breaking and making constitutional rules : the constitutional effects of the financial crisis in Hungary / Zoltán Szente -- The impact of the financial crisis on Icelandic constitutional law. legislative reforms, judicial review and revision of the constitution / Björg Thorarensen -- The United States constitution and the great recession / Mark Tushnet.

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