A different kind of legal obligation, however, is emphasised by JOACHIM WIELAND (GER): the German legislature is obliged to ...

Speaking about “limits on limiting” democracy shifts the focus to the desired leeway or margin for democratic decision-making, i.e. the scope for its agency. While democracy, again in Plato’s words, ...

Lawyer, judge, professor, UN legal expert, researcher – forced to start over repeatedly, Dr. Cecilia Medina Quiroga has ...

This piece has been co-published at Just Security.

Some argue that Ćapeta’s test relies on vague notions of “constitutional morality.” Yet the concept of “negation” can be practically assessed. Legislative intent, political discourse, and structural ...

On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in collaboration with the African Climate Platform, the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, Natural Justice, and resilient40 – submitted ...

Instead of addressing the question of functional jurisdiction in the context of externalised migration control, the Court found that Italy does not enjoy extraterritorial jurisdiction under Art.1 of ...

Animals remain largely absent from EU legal discourse – especially when it comes to the Charter of Fundamental Rights. This symposium asks whether the Charter could become a catalyst for stronger ...

Mr. Ryan’s resignation is a victory for intimidation and fear over the rule of law.” Constitutional academic freedom has two chief components. One is the freedom of the individual faculty member to ...

Academic Freedom Mugged The forced resignation of James Ryan from the presidency of the University of Virginia by pressure from a politically motivated U.S. Department of Justice, abetted by his ...

OB, a Congolese citizen, accompanying two minors, arrived in Italy on 27 August 2019, via air travels from Casablanca to Bologna, and filed a request for international protection. OB was criminally ...

Vor wenigen Wochen haben sowohl der Deutsche Ärztetag als auch der Hausärztinnen- und Hausärzteverband eine Entkriminalisierung des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs gefordert. Inzwischen hat auch das britisch ...