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1|Contents|5
1|Introduction|7
1|Part I: Fundamental Law|10
2|Fundamental Law|11
3|1 Introduction|12
3|2 State Formation|12
3|3 The Political and the Legal|13
3|4 The Origins of Fundamental Law|14
3|5 Sovereignty|16
3|6 The Modern Idea of Fundamental Law|17
3|7 The Ideological Dimension of Modern Fundamental Law|20
3|8 Conclusion|23
3|References|24
2|Expanding Legality and Losing Fundamental Law: On Martin Loughlin´s Dualist Conception of Public Law|26
3|1 Introduction|27
3|2 The Structural Dualism of Martin Loughlin´s Approach to Public Law|28
3|3 Explaining the Dualist Structure of Public Law|33
4|3.1 The Influence of Carl Schmitt|33
4|3.2 The Troubling Legacy of Spinoza|37
4|3.3 An Ambiguous Genealogy? Political Theology and the Distinction Between Potentia Absoluta and Potentia Ordinata|39
3|4 The Dialectics of Public Law|40
3|5 Expanding Constitutional Legality and Losing Public Law|42
3|6 Conclusion|45
3|References|48
1|Part II: A Political-Theological Dimension|53
2|Decision and Legal Interpretation|54
3|1 The Puzzle of Disagreement Within the Law: The Jurisprudential and Political Challenges|55
3|2 Disagreement and the Problem of Decision|55
3|3 The Difficulty of Theorizing the Decision|58
3|4 Decision as a Condition of Interpretation|60
3|References|70
2|An Alternative Political Theology: The Negative and Anticipatory Significance of the Constitutive Concepts of Constitutional L...|73
3|1 Introduction|73
3|2 Negative Theology and the Doctrine of the Trinity|75
3|3 The Irregularity of Schmitt´s Political Theology|76
3|4 The System of National Sovereignty|80
3|5 Final Remarks|85
3|References|87
1|Part III: Political Constitutional Law|89
2|Informal Constitutional Change and Political Law|90
3|1 Introduction|90
3|2 An Anomaly in Models of Written Constitutionalism|92
3|3 Unwritten Constitutional Law: A ``Realistic´´ Observation|94
3|4 The Concepts of ``Political Law´´|96
3|5 The Functions of a ``Political´´ Approach|98
3|References|101
2|``Liquid Constitutions´´ and Their Informal Changes|104
3|1 The Era of ``Liquid Constitutions´´?|105
3|2 Judicial Activism and Informal Changes in the Constitution from a Judicial Source|107
3|3 Jurisdictional Interpretation as Pretext and Path Towards the Permanent Exercise of a ``Diffuse Constituent Power´´|113
3|4 The Normative Judgments and the Assumptions of Invalidity of Constitutional Changes|120
4|4.1 The Creative Interpretations of Ordinary Laws|120
4|4.2 The Normative Rulings of Constitutional Change|123
4|4.3 Episodic Changes and Constitutional Informal Changes|126
4|4.4 Grounds for the Invalidity of Impure Informal Constitutional Changes|128
3|5 The Legal Non-existence of Acts Which Result from ``Impure´´ Informal Changes and the Revaluation of Hermeneutics as Central...|130
3|References|134
1|Part IV: The Problem of European ``Constitutional Law´´|137
2|A Functional Alternative to Political Right: Social Contract Without a People|138
3|1 The Burden of Our Time|139
3|2 Supranational Constitutionalism|140
3|3 Constitution Without Constitution|143
3|4 Market as Social Contract|149
3|References|153
2|In Capital We Trust: The Eurozone: A Congeries of Material Norms Without a Constitution?|155
3|1 Introduction|156
3|2 Framing Democracy: Sound Money and Economic Freedoms|157
4|2.1 Sound Money|157
5|2.1.1 Monetary Stability as the Paramount Goal of Monetary Policy|158
5|2.1.2 Monetary Dominance|159
5|2.1.3 Financial Stability|161
4|2.2 Economic Freedoms|162
4|2.3 Undistorted Competition|164
4|2.4 Implications|165
3|3 Calling the European Shots: Exceptions to Democratic Rule|166
4|3.1 Euro-Legalism as an Alternative to Political Decision-Making|166
4|3.2 Trilogues|167
4|3.3 Epistocratic Decision-Making|168
4|3.4 Minoritarian Decision-Making|169
4|3.5 Emergency Decision-Making|170
3|4 The Structural Bias in Supranational Decision-Making|171
3|5 Concluding Remarks|173
3|References|174
2|The Different Faces of Politics: Economic Governance and European Democracy|177
3|1 Introduction|177
3|2 In Search of European Democratic Politics|179
3|3 The Faces of European Politics|181
4|3.1 Politics and Expertise|181
4|3.2 Politics and Emergency|183
4|3.3 Final Note|184
3|References|184
1|Introduction|7
1|Part I: Fundamental Law|10
2|Fundamental Law|11
3|1 Introduction|12
3|2 State Formation|12
3|3 The Political and the Legal|13
3|4 The Origins of Fundamental Law|14
3|5 Sovereignty|16
3|6 The Modern Idea of Fundamental Law|17
3|7 The Ideological Dimension of Modern Fundamental Law|20
3|8 Conclusion|23
3|References|24
2|Expanding Legality and Losing Fundamental Law: On Martin Loughlin´s Dualist Conception of Public Law|26
3|1 Introduction|27
3|2 The Structural Dualism of Martin Loughlin´s Approach to Public Law|28
3|3 Explaining the Dualist Structure of Public Law|33
4|3.1 The Influence of Carl Schmitt|33
4|3.2 The Troubling Legacy of Spinoza|37
4|3.3 An Ambiguous Genealogy? Political Theology and the Distinction Between Potentia Absoluta and Potentia Ordinata|39
3|4 The Dialectics of Public Law|40
3|5 Expanding Constitutional Legality and Losing Public Law|42
3|6 Conclusion|45
3|References|48
1|Part II: A Political-Theological Dimension|53
2|Decision and Legal Interpretation|54
3|1 The Puzzle of Disagreement Within the Law: The Jurisprudential and Political Challenges|55
3|2 Disagreement and the Problem of Decision|55
3|3 The Difficulty of Theorizing the Decision|58
3|4 Decision as a Condition of Interpretation|60
3|References|70
2|An Alternative Political Theology: The Negative and Anticipatory Significance of the Constitutive Concepts of Constitutional L...|73
3|1 Introduction|73
3|2 Negative Theology and the Doctrine of the Trinity|75
3|3 The Irregularity of Schmitt´s Political Theology|76
3|4 The System of National Sovereignty|80
3|5 Final Remarks|85
3|References|87
1|Part III: Political Constitutional Law|89
2|Informal Constitutional Change and Political Law|90
3|1 Introduction|90
3|2 An Anomaly in Models of Written Constitutionalism|92
3|3 Unwritten Constitutional Law: A ``Realistic´´ Observation|94
3|4 The Concepts of ``Political Law´´|96
3|5 The Functions of a ``Political´´ Approach|98
3|References|101
2|``Liquid Constitutions´´ and Their Informal Changes|104
3|1 The Era of ``Liquid Constitutions´´?|105
3|2 Judicial Activism and Informal Changes in the Constitution from a Judicial Source|107
3|3 Jurisdictional Interpretation as Pretext and Path Towards the Permanent Exercise of a ``Diffuse Constituent Power´´|113
3|4 The Normative Judgments and the Assumptions of Invalidity of Constitutional Changes|120
4|4.1 The Creative Interpretations of Ordinary Laws|120
4|4.2 The Normative Rulings of Constitutional Change|123
4|4.3 Episodic Changes and Constitutional Informal Changes|126
4|4.4 Grounds for the Invalidity of Impure Informal Constitutional Changes|128
3|5 The Legal Non-existence of Acts Which Result from ``Impure´´ Informal Changes and the Revaluation of Hermeneutics as Central...|130
3|References|134
1|Part IV: The Problem of European ``Constitutional Law´´|137
2|A Functional Alternative to Political Right: Social Contract Without a People|138
3|1 The Burden of Our Time|139
3|2 Supranational Constitutionalism|140
3|3 Constitution Without Constitution|143
3|4 Market as Social Contract|149
3|References|153
2|In Capital We Trust: The Eurozone: A Congeries of Material Norms Without a Constitution?|155
3|1 Introduction|156
3|2 Framing Democracy: Sound Money and Economic Freedoms|157
4|2.1 Sound Money|157
5|2.1.1 Monetary Stability as the Paramount Goal of Monetary Policy|158
5|2.1.2 Monetary Dominance|159
5|2.1.3 Financial Stability|161
4|2.2 Economic Freedoms|162
4|2.3 Undistorted Competition|164
4|2.4 Implications|165
3|3 Calling the European Shots: Exceptions to Democratic Rule|166
4|3.1 Euro-Legalism as an Alternative to Political Decision-Making|166
4|3.2 Trilogues|167
4|3.3 Epistocratic Decision-Making|168
4|3.4 Minoritarian Decision-Making|169
4|3.5 Emergency Decision-Making|170
3|4 The Structural Bias in Supranational Decision-Making|171
3|5 Concluding Remarks|173
3|References|174
2|The Different Faces of Politics: Economic Governance and European Democracy|177
3|1 Introduction|177
3|2 In Search of European Democratic Politics|179
3|3 The Faces of European Politics|181
4|3.1 Politics and Expertise|181
4|3.2 Politics and Emergency|183
4|3.3 Final Note|184
3|References|184