The German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has found that there are no constitutional objections against the Lisbon Treaty. At the same time, the FCC imposed limitations to future integration by identifying a number of state functions that are non-amenable to integration and which have to be...

Eine kritische Untersuchung der Finanzstabilisierungsmaßnahmen während der europäischen Staatsschuldenkrisen zwischen 2009-2013. Insbesondere die bilateralen Kredite an die griechische Republik, der EFSM, die EFSF als auch die "geldpolitischen" Maßnahmen des ESZB werden anhand der...

The constitutionalization of the state, the juridification of political power is one of the major achievements in the civilization of modern politics. Can and will this achievement survive the post-national constellation? The state no longer possesses all powers but some of its ruling authority...