Austerity on the loose in Portugal
European judicial restraint in times of crisis
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 13002253 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Francisco Pereira Coutinho (0000-0001-9075-2537, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2016 |
| Volumen | 8 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | E-105 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Perspectives on Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2036-5438 • E-ISSN: 2036-5438 |
| Editorial | De Gruyter Open (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.1515/pof-2016-0019 |
| OpenAlex | W2582907979 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 3 |
The international bailout granted to Portugal between 2011 and 2014 was conditional on the adoption by the Portuguese State of austerity measures included in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the Member States. The MoU was never published in an official journal or even translated into the Portuguese language. Its implementation caused a significant decrease in the level of protection of social rights. The compatibility of the MoU with core principles of the rule of law and with the EU’s social Constitution was never tested in court. A systemic failure in the jurisdictional system of the EU immunized the MoU to any judicial challenge. At the apex of the system, the Court of Justice of the EU declined to answer preliminary references submitted by Portuguese lower courts that questioned the compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU of national budgetary measures that implemented the MoU. At the bottom, Portuguese courts either failed to properly identify the EU law acts that were the source of national austerity measures or disregarded their role as common EU law courts of ordinary jurisdiction when they bypassed the opportunity to refer a question for a preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice challenging the validity of the MoU
Austerity · Common law · Constitution · Economic Justice · Economics · European union · European Union law · Jurisdiction · Obligation · Political science · Portuguese · Preliminary ruling · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · European Union Policy and Governance · Human Rights and Immigration · Law
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 0,22 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |