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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

This concern is distinct from the broader question of whether the United States remains a Member of NATO and whether it will ...

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 ...

Von Bogdandy and Spieker say that the situation is exceptional because it may “result in military confrontation”, is an “existential threat”, and because “the Union’s values and peace are at stake”.

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 ...

Since then, Italian courts have submitted a series of preliminary references to the ECJ, all essentially seeking clarification on whether the Court’s judgment of 4 October should also be interpreted ...

Golden shares emerged prominently in the 1980s and 1990s during the wave of privatizations across Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom under Margaret Thatcher, but also spreading to France, ...