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And, of course, Climate Change
https://verfassungsblog.de/and-of-course-climate-change/
Published: October 9, 2024 21:06
Scholarly debates on climate change law in general and climate change litigation more specifically and the recent LPE debates mutually enrich each other. Surprisingly, the interaction of those two fields of study – while evoked frequently – remains…
Resurrected Colonial Courts and the Decolonization of the Chagos Archipelago
https://verfassungsblog.de/chagos-archipelago-icj-decolonization-self-determinatin-sovereignty/
Published: October 9, 2024 15:12
This post tells the fascinating story of two recent and remarkable developments in the decolonization of the Chagos Archipelago. One such development was highly publicized, the other largely overlooked. Last week, the governments of Mauritius and the UK…
The Advisory Opinion and a Negotiated Settlement?
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-advisory-opinion-and-a-negotiated-settlement/
Published: October 9, 2024 13:05
The accepted framework for settling the Palestine question through bilateral negotiations, in legal terms, does not survive the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024. The degree to which the Advisory Opinion catalyses a new political framework remains to be…
The principle of uti possidetis juris and the borders of Israel
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-principle-of-uti-possidetis-juris-and-the-borders-of-israel/
Published: October 9, 2024 12:55
The principle uti possidetis juris, raised in the Dissenting Opinion of Vice-President Sebutinde and according to which a new State established in formerly colonial territory inherits the former (colonial) borders is untenable in the situation of Israel.…
The 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-2024-icj-advisory-opinion-on-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/
Published: October 9, 2024 11:26
The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the "Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem" was a groundbreaking moment in international law.…
Dismissing the Genuine Link by Disregarding Constitutional Principles
https://verfassungsblog.de/dismissing-the-genuine-link/
Published: October 9, 2024 10:05
The struggle over the Maltese investment citizenship scheme is probably one of the fiercest debates of EU constitutional law. The conflict revolves around the question of whether EU law contains requirements for the acquisition of Union citizenship and…
Fanfictioning Critical Theory
https://verfassungsblog.de/fanfictioning-critical-theory/
Published: October 9, 2024 09:07
To redeem its commitment to an ‘emancipatory critique’, LPE would do good by supporting itself with a theory of science, or at least an epistemic program. While the critical tradition has raised powerful normative desires, it first and foremost stands for…
Every Fake You Make
https://verfassungsblog.de/fake-news-content-moderation-singapoer-south-korea-election/
Published: October 9, 2024 08:46
In Asia, the war on fake news is reaching the next level. Several countries tightened regulatory demands over the past few years and introduced criminal liability for users and platforms publishing false content online. The laws effectively contribute to…
Concise, Clear, and Convincing
https://verfassungsblog.de/concise-clear-and-convincing/
Published: October 9, 2024 08:26
While the rhetorical battle over citizenship by investment has been won by the EU institutions, its legal success is still up for debate. Last week Advocate General Collins delivered his much-anticipated Opinion in Commission v Malta, proposing that the…
Für einen Opferschutz ohne Massenüberwachung
https://verfassungsblog.de/fur-einen-opferschutz-ohne-massenuberwachung/
Published: October 8, 2024 17:45
Die Vorratsdatenspeicherung erlebt einen neuen Höhenflug. auch hier auf dem Verfassungsblog fordert der bayrische (CSU-)Innenminister Joachim Herrmann „Mehr Opferschutz durch Vorratsdatenspeicherung“. In der aktuellen Blütezeit der Sicherheitspakete lässt…
Normalization of the Housing Market
https://verfassungsblog.de/normalization-of-the-housing-market/
Published: October 8, 2024 16:56
Law and Political Economy sharpens our understanding of how law came into being and how economic thought has shaped legal reality. Applied to housing, it uncovers the path dependencies of marketization and allows to question their background assumptions.
The Bombay High Court Dismisses the Ministry of Truth
https://verfassungsblog.de/india-fact-checking-unit-fake-news/
Published: October 8, 2024 16:32
In 2023, the Indian central government established a Fact Check Unit to monitor online content related to ‘any business of the Central Government’ and order the takedown of any information that it considered ‘fake or false or misleading.’ The FCU itself…
Der unsichtbare Dritte
https://verfassungsblog.de/pressetelefon-letzte-generation-bverfg/
Published: October 8, 2024 15:46
Rund ein halbes Jahr hat die Münchener Generalstaatsanwaltschaft einen Telefonanschluss abhören lassen, der von der Klimaschutzinitiative „Letzte Generation“ als sog. „Pressetelefon“ genutzt wurde. Inzwischen haben mehrere Journalisten…
Different jurisdiction, same problems?
https://verfassungsblog.de/different-jurisdiction-same-problems/
Published: October 8, 2024 12:54
The relationship of Economics and Law is long, contested, and entangled. Law and Political Economy, a group of legal scholars that are mostly working at universities in the United States, offers yet another perspective on this relationship. LPE may be…
How Germany’s Trajectory Differs from LPE’s Diagnosis for the US, and Where Germany’s Problems Lie
Published: October 7, 2024 20:04
LPE’s diagnosis for the US situation does not map neatly on Germany’s political, constitutional and economic model and its trajectory. This does not mean, however, that the German model faces no problems; but these problems take a different shape and…
The French Premiership Saga
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-french-premiership-saga/
Published: October 7, 2024 16:05
The appointment of Michel Barnier as French Prime Minister and the designation of a cabinet even further to the right has led to thousands of protesters rallying across France. Taking a step back from the latest developments, this post looks back to some…
Ausbildungsreform als präventiver Demokratieschutz
https://verfassungsblog.de/ausbildungsreform-als-praventiver-demokratieschutz/
Published: October 7, 2024 13:38
Für einen leistungsfähigen Rechtsstaat braucht es sowohl eine wehrhafte Demokratie als auch hochqualifizierten Nachwuchs. Generell zeigt sich aber, dass bislang überraschend wenige das Ziel, den Rechtsstaat gegenüber autoritär-populistischen Tendenzen…
Der EGMR im Kampf um rechtsstaatliche Asylverfahren in Europa
https://verfassungsblog.de/der-egmr-im-kampf-um-rechtsstaatliche-asylverfahren-in-europa/
Published: October 7, 2024 11:20
Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR) hat Ungarn am 19. September 2024 für eine Verletzung des Verbots der Kollektivausweisung verurteilt. Die Tatsachen des Falls bilden eine lange Liste von Rechtsstaatsproblemen ab. Das Urteil stellt…
Leaping the Atlantic?
https://verfassungsblog.de/leaping-the-atlantic/
Published: October 7, 2024 10:42
Eva Herzog opens the blog symposium by introducing the US-American LPE movement’s main thesis. She calls for thorough contextualization in German and European economic, social and cultural history.
Thinking Outside the (Ballot) Box
https://verfassungsblog.de/thinking-outside-the-ballot-box/
Published: October 6, 2024 15:05
The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is riding a wave of praise after completing a peaceful presidential election on 21st September 2024. Less than a month before, however, the commission was found responsible for a breach of fundamental rights for its…
Angriff im Deckmantel der Selbstverteidigung
https://verfassungsblog.de/angriff-im-deckmantel-der-selbstverteidigung/
Published: October 6, 2024 14:22
Die Regierung der Islamischen Republik Iran feuerte am 1. Oktober 2024 Raketen auf Israel. Hierbei gab es mehrere Verletzte, ein Palästinenser im Westjordanland kam ums Leben. Der Iran beruft sich auf das Selbstverteidigungsrecht aus Artikel 51 der…
Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit
https://verfassungsblog.de/lore-maria-peschel-gutzeit/
Published: October 6, 2024 07:23
Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit was a judge, lawyer and Senator of Justice in Hamburg and Berlin. She fought for the introduction of part-time work and family leave for female civil servants, which was introduced in 1968 and has since become known as "Lex…
Whose Consent?
https://verfassungsblog.de/commission-v-front-polisario/
Published: October 5, 2024 16:06
On 4 October 2024 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice upheld the General Court’s decision to annul two economic agreements concluded between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco. This judgment is a landmark for the CJEU in its application of…
„Im Grunde war das eine für österreichische Verhältnisse ganz normale Wahl“
Published: October 4, 2024 16:51
Fünf Fragen an Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik.
“This was a completely normal election by Austrian standards”
https://verfassungsblog.de/this-was-a-completely-normal-election-by-austrian-standards/
Published: October 4, 2024 16:51
Five Questions to Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik.
Mutterschutz nach Fehlgeburt
https://verfassungsblog.de/mutterschutz-nach-fehlgeburt/
Published: October 3, 2024 13:27
Das BVerfG hat mit Beschluss vom 21. August 2024 die Verfassungsbeschwerde mehrerer Frauen, die eine Fehlgeburt nach der 12., aber vor der 24. Schwangerschaftswoche erlitten haben, nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen. Damit ließ das BVerfG die zentrale…
Democracy’s Guardians
https://verfassungsblog.de/electoral-observers-human-rights-iachr/
Published: October 3, 2024 09:58
In its Resolution 1/24, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recognizes electoral observers as human rights defenders. By equating observers with human rights defenders, the Resolution obliges States to guarantee their work, including…
Sex Work Can’t Buy Human Rights
https://verfassungsblog.de/ecthr-sex-work-intersectionality/
Published: October 3, 2024 07:18
In a recent decision on the merits in M.A. and Others v. France, the ECtHR held that French legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual acts did not violate the rights of 261 sex workers. The decision retreats into the Court’s traditional…