Sachsen war bereits mehrfach Schauplatz von gerichtlichen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen (rechtsextremen) Bewerber*innen zum juristischen Vorbereitungsdienst und dem Freistaat. Nun darf erneut eine ...

Attila Mráz is an assistant professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, and a ...

“An existential threat” – this is how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) characterized climate change in its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of States with respect to climate ...

At a time when calls for the EU to respond to Musk’s actions are multiplying, the question of whether, why, and how the EU may react remains largely undefined. What makes Musk’s conduct problematic ...

Decolonization and Human Rights: The Dutch Case Human rights and decolonization have a complicated relationship. Focussing on the Dutch colonial past, this blog symposium engages with the ongoing ...

The concentration of private power in the digital realm is not tenable – on this there is consensus. It extends across domains of private power, ranging from power over markets and consumers’ ...

“Is there a common denominator between shareholders, multinationals, and their suppliers at the other side of the world? Our answer is yes. You may respond that businesses can’t see that far. I ...

On the 5 th of May 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) delivered its anticipated judgement on the PSPP case. This decision once again reveals the problem of autonomy between ...

There is little point in rehearsing in length, yet again, the all too justified laments about the unfortunate decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court (‘BVerfG’) of 5 May 2020 in the case ...

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The German Constitutional Court’s PSPP judgment held that the Court of Justice of the European Union’s Weiss judgment on the legality of Decisions of the European Central Bank (ECB) did not have legal ...

Commentaries to the German Federal Constitutional Court’s unprecedented judgment in Weiss (2 BvR 859/15 and others of 5 May 2020) are likely to focus on the German court’s argument on proportionality ...