The Idea of Economic Constitution in Europe: Genealogy and Overview

Behind the controversies that have marked the history of the idea of Economic Constitution emerges the highly political issue of the room for manoeuvre left to public authorities in the economic sphere. The notion thus encapsulates a fundamental tension: between democracy and rule of law, which model of legal ordering of the economy should prevail?

From physiocrats to neo-liberals, from the Weimar Republic to European integration, from national constitutions to Global Governance, this collective book invites us to explore the genealogy of the controversial concept of Economic Constitution. The result of this interdisciplinary dialogue is a comprehensive reflection on the legal and political issues at stake in the current constitutionalization of the market order in Europe.

Contributors are: Philippe Steiner, Guillaume Gr goire, Hugues Rabault, Peter C. Caldwell, Thomas Biebricher, Werner Bonefeld, Serge Audier, Vincent Valentin, Pieter van Cleynenbreugel, Xavier Miny, Fr d ric Marty, Claire Mongouachon, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, Francesco Martucci, Michael Wilkinson, Hjalte Lokdam, Susanna Maria Cafaro, Peter Lindseth, Cristina Fasone, Pierre Nihoul, Fran ois Colly, Peter-Christian M ller-Graff, Tony Prosser, Damien Piron, Mahmoud Mohamed Salah, Stephen Gill, Thibault Biscahie, Sebastien Adalid, and Christian Joerges.

Derri re les controverses qui jalonnent l'histoire de l'id e de Constitution conomique merge la question minemment politique de la marge de manoeuvre laiss e aux autorit s publiques dans la sph re conomique. La notion cristallise ainsi une tension fondamentale: entre d mocratie et tat de droit, quel doit tre mod le d'organisation et d'ordonnancement juridique de l' conomie?

Des physiocrates aux n olib raux, de la R publique de Weimar l'int gration europ enne, des constitutions nationales la Global Governance, cet ouvrage collectif nous invite d s lors explorer la g n alogie du concept pol mique de Constitution conomique. Les auteurs ouvrent alors, travers un dialogue interdisciplinaire constant, une r flexion globale autour des enjeux juridiques et politiques du processus actuel de constitutionnalisation de l'ordre de march en Europe.