And now even the most fundamental norms are being broken once more.” “Wavering between hope and despair. For someone whose ...

All three interventions ultimately point to a shortfall in the rules of citizenship attribution that are at stake. Combined they yield a message in the negative: neither soil, nor blood nor money, per ...

Sea Foam and the Hollowing of Democracy During the same period in which  Nasasra’s petition was progressing through the HCJ, five petitions against the Netanyahu government’s decision to dismiss Ronen ...

Mit ihrer Sperrminorität blockiert die Thüringer AfD-Fraktion die Neubesetzung des Richterwahlausschusses. Im Gegenzug für die Mitwahl der Kandidat:innen anderer Parteien fordert die AfD-Fraktion nun ...

Peru, a case that could redefine state responsibility for forced sterilizations and strengthen standards on reproductive autonomy. This is only the second forced sterilization case before the Court ...

With these timeless lines, the famous diplomate, politician and Indian freedom fighter Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarupa ...

Beyond concrete political conflicts and institutional constraints, there is a deeper concern about how a constitutional order can be restored after enduring years of authoritarian populism. A recently ...

The first is from the standpoint of a philosopher of criminal law, in which I am an academic specialist. The second is from the standpoint of a political sociologist, in which I am a novice. Even ...

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In Poland, the narrow defeat of liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski by the ultra-conservative Karol Nawrocki in the June 1st presidential election marked a turning point. The possibility of ...

Looking from T2 only backwards and never forwards to T3 risks creating an ever-receding horizon of state responsibility. If ...

“Executive disobedience” is a fluid concept that has not been conclusively defined in political theory or legal scholarship.