12 March 2013
Czech Republic: High Treason or Just Constitutional Nudging?
The Czech President Václav Klaus has left office last Thursday […] Continue reading >>
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Czech Republic: High Treason or Just Constitutional Nudging?
The Czech President Václav Klaus has left office last Thursday […] Continue reading >>08 March 2013
Mangold Reloaded?
In mehrschichtigen Grundrechtssystemen stellt sich stets die Frage, welche Grundrechtsschicht […] Continue reading >>07 March 2013
Mehr Rechtsstaat für Migranten/innen
Viel Lärm hat der jüngste Beschluss des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (BVerfG) zu […] Continue reading >>04 March 2013
Parlamentarische Verfassungskontrolle: Von Schweden lernen
In der letzten Woche waren Mitglieder des schwedischen Verfassungskomitees zu […] Continue reading >>Constitutional Revenge
One year ago, Hungary’s slide from a multiparty democracy into […] Continue reading >>
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Constitutional Revenge
One year ago, Hungary’s slide from a multiparty democracy into […] Continue reading >>28 February 2013
Von Karlsruhe nach Bückeburg – auf dem Weg zur europäischen Grundrechtsgemeinschaft
Es gibt Urteile, deren Tenor ist ein Paukenschlag – und […] Continue reading >>24 February 2013
Im Fegefeuer des Rechts: Lorenzo Zucca über „A Secular Europe“
Etwas Infernalisches hatte er mitunter schon, der Konflikt zwischen religiösen […] Continue reading >>22 February 2013
Hungarian Ban Of Totalitarian Symbols: The Constitutional Court Speaks Up Again
Although the Hungarian government promised not to strike back after […] Continue reading >>
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Hungarian Ban Of Totalitarian Symbols: The Constitutional Court Speaks Up Again
Although the Hungarian government promised not to strike back after […] Continue reading >>21 February 2013
Schweizer Urteil zur Ausschaffung: Im Westen nichts Neues
Remarques gleichnamiger Roman gilt verbreitet als Antikriegsliteratur, obwohl der Autor […] Continue reading >>15 February 2013
Recht elitär: Benjamin Lahusen porträtiert Savigny
Warum studiert man in Deutschland nicht das Recht, sondern die […] Continue reading >>13 February 2013
“The traditional one-size-fits-all approach to European integration is obsolete”
When you think of Europe ten years from now – […] Continue reading >>
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04 February 2013
Ungarns Verfassungsgericht: Das Imperium schlägt zurück
Das ungarische Verfassungsgericht, so scheint es, ist trotz aller Versuche […] Continue reading >>25 January 2013
“Most People See That The UK Is A Lot Better Off Within The EU”
Do you think the EU and the United Kingdom will […] Continue reading >>
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24 January 2013
Unsere Stadt soll schöner werden!
Der Hamburger Senat hat einen vermeintlich eleganten Weg gefunden, Obdachlose […] Continue reading >>18 January 2013
French Millionaires’ Tax Decision: Are Good Judges Bad For Democracy?
Just before the turn of the year, on December 29th, the French Constitutional Council overturned the socialist government’s 75% income-tax rate for the rich, a measure the new occupant of the Elysée Palace, François Hollande, had turned into an anti-rich symbol during his presidential campaign. This is not the first time a flagship campaign pledge of this sort is quashed by a constitutional court. The ruling raises a somewhat counter-intuitive paradox. Namely, that good judicial technocrats might, by preventing the adoption of bad policies, undermine the deliberative quality of the democratic process. Continue reading >>
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