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9 Inter-Am. & Eur. Hum. Rts. J. 260 (2016)
Social Rights Protection and Financial Crisis in Europe. The Right to Housing in Spain: A Cautionary Tale

handle is hein.journals/intereur9 and id is 262 raw text is: SOCIAL RIGHTS PROTECTION AND FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EUROPE The Right to Housing in Spain: A Cautionary Tale MARIBEL GONZALEZ PASCUAL* Abstract It is well-known that the housing bubble burst led to a deep crisis of the housing market in Spain. In this regard, the article analyses the answers provided by the Spanish Constitutional Court to both the abusive mortgage contracts' terms and the vulnerable groups' evictions. Due account is given to the case law of both the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. Furthermore, the link between the financial crisis and the housing crisis is critically analysed. The final aim is to inquire into the domestic protection of the right not to lose one's home and the right to housing, and housing as an investment asset. Resumen El estallido de la burbuja inmobiliaria provoc6 una grave crisis en el mercado de vivienda en Espaha. Partiendo de este dato conocido, elpresente trabajo estudia la respuesta que el Tribunal Constitucional Espahol ha dado tanto a las cldusulas hipotecarias abusivas como a los desahucios de colectivos vulnerables. Con este fin se estudia, de una parte, la influencia que podria tenerjurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Uni6n Europea y del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos. De otra parte, se estudia el vinculo entre la crisis la crisis financiera y la crisis del mercado de vivienda. El objetivo final es debatir la protecci6n de la vivienda como derechofundamentalfrente a la vivienda como activofinanciero. Senior Lecturer Constitutional Law, Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). Supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Grant DER2014-57116P). Special thanks to the participants in the Conferences held in Universit di Calabria (Italy) and in UniversitA degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy). This article was submitted in August 2015. <maribel.pascual@upf.edu>. Intersentia

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