How resilient is trust? While fundamental principles are once again being violated in Turkey, Germany remains conspicuously ...

“it is in the nature of political speech to be controversial and often virulent. That does not diminish its public interest, provided of course that it does not cross the line and turn into a call for ...

The Harvard case also shows systematic problems in the protection of academic freedom in the U.S. Unlike in Germany, academic ...

Three claims appear to summarise primacy’s alleged status quo: 2) It must be enforced as EU law is assumed to implement EU founding values, which are presumed to align with national constitutional ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has imposed or threatened a steady string of tariffs on seemingly any country that comes to his attention. He has imposed tariffs totaling 145% on ...

The steps federal courts could take to ensure Abrego Garcia’s return, the opinion intoned, must exhibit “due regard for the ...

The Indonesian experience highlights how popular control remains one of the most crucial safeguards for the survival of the country’s democracy in the face of consolidated power and unreliable ...

Advocate-General Collins’ Opinion of 4 October 2024 had framed the Commission’s case as depending on the proposition that EU law requires a “genuine link” between a Member State and its nationals ...

While the Council annulled the TikTok ban on proportionality grounds, it nonetheless confirmed the admissibility of the “exceptional circumstances” doctrine, even when other legal emergency frameworks ...

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In public international law circles, especially those indulging in the law of the sea, Elisabeth Mann Borgese (hereinafter EMB), the youngest daughter born to German Nobel Prize-winning novelist ...