A key step towards improving public debt transparency is to analyze it through the lens of constitutional law. As the first part of this post explains, applying a constitutional law framework to ...
Die Debatte um die Finanzierung des Wiederaufbaus der Ukraine hat wieder Fahrt aufgenommen: Am Samstag beriet Brüssel über ein Reparationsdarlehen für die Ukraine, das aus eingefrorenen russischen Ver ...
In the context of the C-630/23 judgment concerning foreign currency loans, the UP normally operates in two panels of 20 judges each. However, in this case the Civil Law Chamber also joined, and a ...
This challenges the traditional liberal view, exemplified by the allegory of Ulysses tied to the mast, where the constitution sets limits on state power and can only be changed through formal ...
Das Wiederaufnahmerecht im Strafverfahren ist Ausdruck eines in Art. 20 Abs. 3 GG angelegten Spannungsverhältnisses: Es vermittelt zwischen dem Schutz der Rechtssicherheit durch Rechtskraft einerseits ...
In der juristischen Ausbildung sollen Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen vermittelt und geprüft 1) werden, die einem modernen juristischen Arbeitsumfeld entsprechen. Dies wird durch die gegenwärtigen ...
On 11 September 2025, Advocate General (“AG”) Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in Aucrinde, the very first case to reach the Court on the interpretation of the Recast Evidence Regulation since it became ...
“Invisibility means here that […] the loss of human lives or offence to human dignity of poor people, although reported and extensively acknowledged, is invisible in the sense that it does not result ...
Die Wehrpflicht kann also nicht durch eine Rechtsverordnung „aktiviert“ werden. Wer dem Kriegsdienst kritisch gegenübersteht, kann sich nur wünschen, dass der Gesetzgeber diese evident ...
Earlier this month, Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered his Opinion in Shipov, a case before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dealing with the gender recognition rights of a trans woman ...
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In an era of growing threats to democracy worldwide, the independence of apex courts has emerged as one of the critical fault lines. From subtle co-optation to overt manipulation, judicial ...