Building a socioeconomic constitution: a fantastic object?

• Main Author: Szyszczak, Erika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Fordham University School of Law 2011
• Subjects: KJ Europe; KL-KWK Asia and Eurasia; Africa; Pacific Area; and Antarctica; Pacific; Tilting; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/46329/; http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/46329/1/Building_a_Socioeconomic_Constitution_A_Fantastic_Object_Szyszczak.pdf; http://fordhamilj.org/articles/building-a-socioeconomic-constitution-a-fantastic-object/

The ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon (“Treaty”) in 2009 was heralded as a new era. It was anticipated that the Treaty would usher in a qualitative change to policymaking in Europe. This would be achieved by rebalancing, or even recalibrating, the previous economic priorities found in earlier tre...