A comment on Maribel González Pascual’s paper “Constitutional Courts before Euro-Crisis Law in Portugal and Spain; a comparative prospect”

Jorge Silva Sampaio

A comment on Maribel González Pascual’s paper “Constitutional Courts before Euro-Crisis Law in Portugal and Spain; a comparative prospect”

Authors

Jorge Silva Sampaio Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, Alameda da Universidade – Cidade Universitária, 1649-014 Lisbon – Portugal

Keywords:

Jurisprudence of Crisis; Constitutional Courts; Euro-Crisis Law; Adjudication of Social Rights

Abstract

This comment addresses the paper presented by Maribel González Pascual which aims to reveal the Spanish and Portuguese Constitutional Courts’ role regarding the so-called “austerity measures”, and therefore also focuses on the courts’ judicial reasoning. It analyses the role that “Euro-crisis law” has played in both courts’ reasoning, and the economic crisis’ role in shaping case law regarding social rights in both countries.