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    European Welfare State Constitutions after the Financial Crisis by Becker, Ulrich; Poulou, Anastasia;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 25 November 2020

    • ISBN 9780198851776
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages400 pages
    • Size 240x165x30 mm
    • Weight 1 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This book examines the specific reforms in social protection that took place during the European financial crisis, while embedding them in a broader human rights and constitutional law framework of nine European countries. Analytical and comprehensive, this is a helpful tool for all legal professionals that deal with crisis-related reforms.

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    Hit by the European financial and economic crisis in 2008, several Member States of the European Monetary Union (EMU) were unable to refinance their public debt through the financial markets. As a result, they asked for financial assistance from international institutions and European financial assistance mechanisms. That assistance often came at a high price for citizens, cuts in pensions and social assistance, and controversial reforms in public healthcare. These far-reaching reforms were, in many cases, experienced as violations of people's human rights. National constitutional courts, the Court of Justice of the EU, and the European Court of Human Rights issued a series of rulings on the conformity of the reforms in social protection initiated during the Eurozone crisis.

    This book offers a holistic analysis of the specific reforms in social protection introduced during the European financial crisis and their implications for constitutional law. Focusing on the social reforms of nine European countries that were greatly affected by the financial crisis, the volume seeks to address the legacy of the financial crisis on the application of constitutional law and the welfare state.

    The book will act as a helpful tool to legal academics interested in the challenges of constitutional and social law initiated by financial assistance conditionality, to advocates in quest of sound legal bases for the protection of individuals affected by social security reforms, and to national and international judges who are confronted with cases that question the legality and legitimacy of the crisis-related reforms.

    While the COVID-19 crisis is still unfolding, with a profound impact on social rights, it is important and timely to reflect on how crises and responses thereto have the potential to re-shape the social fabric of constitutions. European Welfare State Constitutions after the Financial Crisis succeeds in provoking such reflection.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Human Rights Obligations of European Financial Assistance Mechanisms under EU and International Law
    The Transition from Welfare to Workfare in Times of Crisis: A Double-Based Reform of the Hungarian Welfare State
    The Latvian Response to its First Economic Crisis under a Free Market Economy
    Upholding the Welfare State During the Financial Crisis: The Pivotal Role of the Constitutional Court of Romania
    Salus Rei Publicae Suprema Lex Esto? Welfare State Reforms Before the Greek Courts
    The Financial Crisis as a Turning Point for Constitutional Rights Jurisprudence: An Assessment of the Absence of Social Rights Protection in the Irish Constitution
    Legal Changes and Constitutional Adjudication in Portuguese Social Law in Consequence of the European Financial Crisis
    A 'Bail-In' of Social Rights? The Cypriot Experience of the Financial Crisis
    The Outcome of the Financial Crisis in Italy: A Sea-Change for the Doctrine of Social Rights
    The Predominance of a 'Strong' Economic over a 'Weak' Social Constitution: The Legacy of the Financial Crisis in Spain
    Conclusions from a Comparative Perspective

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