This paper is an exercise in conceptual clarification. Its purpose is to explore the contribution that constitutional economics can make to the theory of democracy. Constitutional economics as the economics of rules is concerned with the study of how the choice of rules in the social, economic...

Ordoliberalism is often accused as being responsible for Germany's policy stance during the Eurozone crisis. Ordoliberalism originates from the so-called Freiburg School of Economics, founded by Walter Eucken during the 1930s at the University of Freiburg, which is in fact in Germany. It is...

Our paper proceeds as follows: As a point of departure, part two highlights the heterogeneity among EU member states following the recent enlargement, while part three reviews three main alternative conceptions of flexible integration as they were discussed in political circles. Part four...

In Franz Böhms Konzept der Privatrechtsgesellschaft als einer Gesellschaft von Gleichfreien und Gleichberechtigten (Böhm 1980b: 140) bündeln sich in prägnanter Weise die theoretischen und politischen Kernvorstellungen des rechts- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschungsprogramms der von...