15 May 2014
Mind the Gap
The European UnionData Protection Directive of 1995 has always had [...] Continue reading >>
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Mind the Gap
The European UnionData Protection Directive of 1995 has always had [...] Continue reading >>
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14 May 2014
“The CJEU is about to reinvent itself”
Indra Spiecker genannt Döhmann, Datenschutzexpertin von der Universität Frankfurt, im Verfassungsblog-Interview zum Google-Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs, zu den Auswirkungen auf Meinungs- und Informationsfreiheit und zur neuen Rolle des EuGH im institutionellen Gefüge der Europäischen Union. Continue reading >>
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“Der EuGH erfindet sich gerade neu”
Indra Spiecker genannt Döhmann, Datenschutzexpertin von der Universität Frankfurt, im Verfassungsblog-Interview zum Google-Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs, zu den Auswirkungen auf Meinungs- und Informationsfreiheit und zur neuen Rolle des EuGH im institutionellen Gefüge der Europäischen Union. Continue reading >>Der EGMR als regionaler IGH? Entschädigung und Bestrafung im Staatenbeschwerdeverfahren
„The Cyprus v. Turkey (just satisfaction) case is the most important contribution to peace in Europe in the history of the European Court of Human Rights.” Wenn Richter ihre Entscheidungen so feiern wie der Richter Pinto de Albuquerque in seinem Sondervotum, dann besteht meistens Anlass zur Skepsis. Was ist passiert? Continue reading >>Imagining judges in a written UK Constitution
The tide of interest (among those who care about these [...] Continue reading >>
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Imagining judges in a written UK Constitution
The tide of interest (among those who care about these [...] Continue reading >>
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12 May 2014
Strasbourg strengthens its Punch
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09 May 2014
Election of Federal Constitutional Court Justice Disunites Social Democrats
This article is available only in German. Continue reading >>08 May 2014
Blogschau // Debatten der Woche // 1.5. – 8.5.2014
Was die rechtswissenschaftliche Blog-Landschaft in dieser Woche zum Nachdenken animiert hat. Continue reading >>
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Punishment before the Act? Federal Court limits Expansion of Hazard Penalization
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07 May 2014
A Further Step to a Unitarian Protection of Fundamental Rights: The CJEU’s Pfleger Decision
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) seems rather unimpressed by the critique related to its expansive interpretation of triggering the application of fundamental rights in Åkerberg Fransson. In Pfleger, the third chamber of the CJEU distanced itself even further from the wording of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR). The Charter states in Art. 51 Section 1, that it is addressed to the member states “only when they are implementing Union law.” In the decision delivered on April 30th, 2014 the CJEU also considered the derogation of fundamental freedoms to be included. Thus the Court secured another way to apply EU fundamental rights in cases rather remotely connected to EU law. Continue reading >>
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Ein weiterer Schritt zum unitarischen Grundrechtsschutz? Das Pfleger-Urteil des EuGH
Der Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union (EuGH) zeigt sich unbeeindruckt von der Kritik an seiner expansiven Rechtsprechung zum Anwendungsbereich der Grundrechte in Åkerberg Fransson. Stattdessen hat sich die dritte Kammer des EuGH in der Rechtsache Pfleger weiter vom engen Wortlaut der EU-Grundrechtecharta emanzipiert. Die Charta sieht in Art. 51 Abs. 1 Satz 1 vor, dass sie für die Mitgliedsstaaten „ausschließlich bei der Durchführung des Rechts der Union“ gilt. Im Urteil vom 30. April 2014 versteht der EuGH hierunter auch Konstellationen, bei denen ein Mitgliedsstaat von den Grundfreiheiten abweichen will. Damit hält sich der Gerichtshof eine weitere Möglichkeit offen, nur entfernt mit dem Unionsrecht verbundene Sachverhalte seinem Grundrechtsschutz zu unterstellen. Continue reading >>04 May 2014
Five Questions on the EP Elections and the “Spitzenkandidat” Process: Answers by MATEJ AVBELJ
A view from Slovenia: Matej Avbelj on the "Spitzenkandidat" process and its possible implications for the legitimacy of the EU commission. Continue reading >>
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30 April 2014
Custody pending Deportation in Prisons is a Human Rights Violation
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Making Infringement Procedures More Effective: A Comment on Commission v. Hungary
On 8 April, Hungary lost again at the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ). The European Commission had alleged that that Hungary violated the independence of its data protection officer and the ECJ agreed. The case broke little new legal ground. But it is important nonetheless because it signals serious trouble within the EU. The case exposes Hungary’s ongoing challenge to the EU’s fundamental principles. And it exposes the limitations of ordinary infringement proceedings for bringing a Member State back into line. Continue reading >>Five Questions on the EP elections and the “Spitzenkandidat” process: Answers by PASQUALE PASQUINO
Five very brief answers by Pasquale Pasquino, political scientist from New York, to our five questions on the "Spitzenkandidat" process. Continue reading >>
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29 April 2014
Five Questions on the EP Elections and the “Spitzenkandidat” Process: Answers by MARCO DANI
For the upcoming European elections, most European parties have nominated candidates for President of the EU Commission. In the Brussels jargon, this issue is called the „Spitzenkandidat process“. How German is this idea? Can it bestow more democratic legitimacy on the European law-making process? How will it affect the power balance in the EU with respect to the member states? We have asked these and other questions to a number of experts. The first to answer was Marco Dani from University of Trento. Continue reading >>
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24 April 2014
Fierce Justice, Learning Democracy and Affirmative Action
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A Priceless Gift: Francis Mann’s Papers Given to Humboldt University
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