Academic freedom is under pressure. Though protected by Article 13 of the EU Charter, this article received practically no or very little attention in both scholarship and EU institutional and ...

Nicolas Sarkozy was prosecuted on several charges: corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of misappropriated Libyan public funds, and conspiracy. He was found guilty only of the latter ...

Thus, government shutdowns in the United States are at once a sign of partisan division and a testament to constitutional compliance: they reflect the enduring force of a central congressional power.

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By construing his appointment as a “definitive legal situation,” the Supreme Judicial Council effectively transformed what is, by definition, a temporary assignment into a permanent status. In doing ...

At the heart of recent American upheavals lies a question the resonance of which extends far beyond the United States: What becomes of a constitutional democracy when faith in civic order gives way to ...

The EU’s sanctions framework is meant to work in two steps: unanimity for decisions defining the Union’s approach to “a particular matter of a geographical or thematic nature” under Article 29 TEU, ...

In its recent decision MSIG, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has barred Spain from convicting an ETA terrorist for a terrorist attack in Oviedo. This decision is in line with ...

OC-31/25 defines the right to care in section 113 as the right of every person to have the time, space, and resources necessary to provide, receive, or establish conditions that ensure their overall ...

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Nach § 31c S. 3 PartG ist die Bundestagspräsidentin verpflichtet, rechtswidrig erlangte Spenden durch den Erlass eines Verwaltungsaktes zu sanktionieren. Dieser Pflicht korrespondiert ein subjektives ...