New Challenges to Constitutional Adjudication in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

Contents
Contributors
Cited judicial cases
Part I: Conceptualising pressure and change in constitutional adjudication
	1 Introduction: Contemporary challenges of constitutional adjudication in Europe • Zoltán Szente and Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz
	2 The resistance of constitutional standards to the new economic and social challenges and the legitimacy of constitutional review in a contemporary European context • Michel Verpeaux
Part II: Coping with challenges by national courts
	3 Croatian constitutional adjudication in times of stress • Djordje Gardasevic
	4 Remarks on the case-law of the French Constitutional Council in relation to new challenges • Fabrice Hourquebie
	5 Beware of disruptions: The Bundesverfassungsgericht as supporter of change and anchor of stability • Veith Mehde
	6 From submission to reaction: The Greek Courts’ stance on the financial crisis • Apostolos Vlachogiannis
	7 Judicial deference or political loyalty?: The Hungarian Constitutional Court’s role in tackling crisis situations • Zoltán Szente and Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz
	8 Global markets, terrorism and immigration: Italy between a troubled economy and a Constitutional crisis • Ines Ciolli
	9 Constitutional judiciary in crisis: The case of Poland • Mirosław Granat
	10 Constitutional law and crisis: The Portuguese Constitutional Court under pressure? • Mariana Canotilho
	11 Constitutional courts under pressure – New challenges to constitutional adjudication: The Case of Spain • Francisco Balaguer Callejón
	12 National security and the limits of judicial protection • Patrick Birkinshaw
	13 The UK Supreme Court and Parliament: Judicial and Political Dialogues • John McEldowney
Part III: Responding to challenges on European level
	14 New challenges for constitutional adjudication in Europe: What role could the ‘dialogue of courts’ play? • Tania Groppi
	15 The negotiating function of the European Court of Human Rights: Reconciling diverging interests born from new European challenges • Beatrice Delzangles
	16 The crisis, judicial power and EU law: Could it have been managed differently by the EU Court of Justice? • Márton Varju
Part IV: Constitutional courts under pressure – A European comparison
	17 Constitutional courts under pressure – An assessment • Zoltán Szente and Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz
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