And now even the most fundamental norms are being broken once more.” “Wavering between hope and despair. For someone whose legal thinking was shaped by international law in the 1990s, the ongoing, ...

All three interventions ultimately point to a shortfall in the rules of citizenship attribution that are at stake. Combined they yield a message in the negative: neither soil, nor blood nor money, per ...

While Ćapeta’s position on Article 2 TEU is unprecedented, I believe it reflects a broader shift in the Court’s jurisprudence. Building upon previous contributions on Verfassungsblog ( here and here ) ...

Sea Foam and the Hollowing of Democracy During the same period in which  Nasasra’s petition was progressing through the HCJ, five petitions against the Netanyahu government’s decision to dismiss Ronen ...

Peru, a case that could redefine state responsibility for forced sterilizations and strengthen standards on reproductive autonomy. This is only the second forced sterilization case before the Court ...

With these timeless lines, the famous diplomate, politician and Indian freedom fighter Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarupa Kumari Nehru) described India’s outlook on foreign policy during the 20 th ...

Ultimately, the case centers on two complaints: the Commission’s failure to provide updated legislative timelines as required by Article 15.2 of the ECI regulation, and improper denial of document ...

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Looking from T2 only backwards and never forwards to T3 risks creating an ever-receding horizon of state responsibility. If this is true, we will always remain in the asymptotic curve of “almost ...

In Poland, the narrow defeat of liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski by the ultra-conservative Karol Nawrocki in the June 1st presidential election marked a turning point. The possibility of ...

“Executive disobedience” is a fluid concept that has not been conclusively defined in political theory or legal scholarship. It is generally used when an executive body disregards a binding court ...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned its own October 2023 judgment that had declared military trials of civilians unconstitutional. In a 5–2 majority decision, the newly constituted Constitutional ...