What is at stake? Federalism as part of constitutionalism Emergency is not a friend of constitutions. Whether or not constitutions regulate emergency powers, when critical situations occur the overall ...
I. Introduction States, like people, have an instinct to protect themselves when in a life-and-death struggle. The recognition of a state of emergency, or of siege, in the domestic legal order, dates ...
Governments, economists and intellectuals have called for common European bonds or increased own EU funds to address the recession induced by Covid19. Unfortunately, the German government, joined by ...
“ […] the Court considers that it was in fact the applicants who placed themselves in jeopardy by participating in the storming of the Melilla border fences ...
On 13 January 2016, exactly four years ago today, the Commission activated its rule of law framework for the very first time with respect to Poland (for our previous 2-part post assessing the ...
This is a first reaction (usual caveats for quick reactions apply…) to yesterday’s decision of the German Constitutional Court on the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Program. This is part of the ECB ...
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In the very last day of the Knesset’s summer session, on July 19th 2018, almost without public debate and by a majority of 62-55 members, the Israeli Knesset passed a new Basic Law stating that Israel ...
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“Is there a common denominator between shareholders, multinationals, and their suppliers at the other side of the world? Our answer is yes. You may respond that businesses can’t see that far. I ...
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, induced a debate of epic proportions which divided ...
The fresh joke among Turkish legal circles nowadays goes something like this: “Has a crime been committed and do you worry that law enforcement may not respond immediately to the situation? Just ...
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