In the triptych of inspiring advisory opinions by international courts and tribunals (see here, here, and here), the third iteration by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not disappoint. Its ...

When Mr. Kovačević submitted an application to the ECtHR in 2022, he claimed that he had been violated and discriminated as a citizen in his active right to vote challenging Article IV/1 and Article V ...

In Hebrew, there’s a figure known as the ima Polonia – the “Polish mother” – a woman who offers love that feels more like emotional leverage than care. Her affection crosses boundaries, induces guilt, ...

This year, we set out to explore how vulnerable to authoritarian populist’s strategies the independent and impartial judiciary of the Federal German Republic might be . “Let’s develop scenarios for ...

The advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 23 July 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the articulation of States’ obligations concerning climate change. While based on ...

David Pozen at Columbia University calls Columbia University’s new agreement with the federal government “regulation by deal”. In regulation by deal, the administration foregoes the process of ...

Private actors are still expanding fossil fuel exploration and production while states continue to enable and even encourage such activities by granting subsidies, licences, and legal protection. This ...

What started as a trade war in 2018 – and a domestic policy aimed at recalibrating the U.S. trade policy – has quietly transformed into a tool of hidden taxation, enabling the U.S. executive branch, ...

Auf Kosten des Rechtsstaates Zur geplanten Abschaffung des anwaltlichen Pflichtbeistandes gem. § 62d AufenthG im Zuge der Abschiebungshaft ...

Two former partners in a small Berlin-based law firm that operated during the Weimar Republic wrote two of the most influential accounts of Nazi Germany legal system. Yet Ernst Fraenkel’s “The Dual ...

Angesichts der ökonomischen Misere eines gewinnorientiert ausgerichteten Krankenhaussystems sind immer mehr Krankenhäuser gezwungen, mit anderen zu fusionieren. So ist in Flensburg eine Fusion des ...

On July 24, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on climate change. Reactions have been swift and enthusiastic. Some of the excitement arguably ...