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I fully support the content of the letter, but one sentence in the text stands out for me: “The current procrastination is akin to dereliction of duty.”. I do hope that, in spite of all appearences, ...

Following its spectacular plunge from grace in 2008 when its banking system crashed, inflicting huge damage on foreign creditors as well as on local residents, Iceland caught attention for trying to ...

In the evening of 18 March 2020, Mauritians learnt the harsh news that their tropical heaven island of about 1.2 million people was also being swept by the coronavirus (COVID 19) tsunami, with three ...

Would-be authoritarians often turn to apex courts at some point throughout the process of democratic erosion. Rather than packing them with loyalists, autocrats can also resort to stealth forms of ...

3. Problems left unaddressed by the Court of Justice’s rulings to date Notwithstanding the seminal and welcome rulings issued this year by the Court of Justice, a number of important and urgent issues ...

In the Czech Republic, the COVID-19 crisis has brought not only a general state of chaos but also a considerable shift of powers to the executive branch. The first shift, impairing the legislative ...

For obvious reasons, Italy found itself at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. The leading policies are: containing and slowing down the outbreak; boosting up the national healthcare system ...

Criticism against the Brazilian judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, has been on the rise in the past couple of decades. Under Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency, however, courts are experiencing a more ...

Last week, the Hungarian Parliament adopted the Defence Against the Coronavirus Act (Act Nr. 12 of 2020, henceforth Coronavirus Act) which authorizes the government to rule by decree without ...

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