Provides the first systematic analysis of the role of law with regard to the tension between democracy and capitalism

Offers an up-to-date analysis of current developments in international finance (sovereign debt crisis, taxes, ECB and money)

Presents a unique combination of various theoretical approaches to law

Includes interdisciplinary research combining law, philosophy, political science, and political economy

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Introduction: Democracy and Financial Order Legal Perspectives by Matthias Goldmann and Silvia Steininger.- A Discourse Theoretical Approach to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Towards a Democratic Financial Order by Matthias Goldmann and Silvia Steininger.- The Limits of Law (and Democracy) in the Euro Crisis: An Approach from Systems Theory by Lars Viellechner.- Rational Choice and Its Limits by Emanuel V. Towfigh.- Constitutional and Administrative Pluralism in the EU System of Banking Supervision by Matej Avbelj.- Debt, Default, and Two Liberal Theories of Justice by Oisin Suttle.- The Financial Crisis as a Crisis of Democracy: Towards Prudential Regulation through Public Reasoning by Matthias Goldmann.- Neoliberalism and Law: The Case of the Constitutional Balanced-Budget Amendment by Thomas Biebricher.- An Alert from the Left: The Endangered Connection Between Taxes and Solidarity at the Local and Global Levels by Francisco Saffie G.- Public Law's Rationalization of the Legal Architecture of Money: What Might Legal Analysis of Money Become? by Isabel Feichtner. <p