Introduction -- The sovereign-banks Nexus : an economic analysis -- The European sovereign debt crisis as a source of case studies -- An economic analysis of policy options -- Closing the first channel of contagion from banks to sovereigns : Hitherto European actions and their critique --...

Conceptual flaw, original sin, and misapplications of the Maastricht Treaty -- The Greek memoranda -- Institutional creativity -- The two sides of the coin : constitutional reviews of the crisis legislation -- The Schmittian and the Madisonian moments of the crisis and the fate of the...