Verfassungsblog – On Matters Constitutional
WEBWen es trifft: Der Volksbegriff der AfD und Szenarien der Diskriminierung. Wenn diesen Sonntag Landtagswahlen in Thüringen und in Sachsen stattfinden, könnte eine autoritär-populistische Partei stärkste Kraft werden, die mit ihrem Volksbegriff gegen Menschenwürde und Demokratieprinzip verstößt und die rechtliche Gleichheit der Staatsangehörigen in Frage stellt.
All Blogposts – Verfassungsblog
WEBVerfassungsblog is a forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space, and beyond. It sees itself as an interface between the academic expert discourse on the one hand and the political public sphere on the other. So far more than 450 authors from all ...
What we do – Verfassungsblog
WEBWhat we do – Verfassungsblog. Verfassungsblog is an academic and journalistic open access forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space and beyond. It sees itself as an interface between the academic expert discourse on the one hand and the ...
Here We Stand – Verfassungsblog
WEBSep 7, 2022 · On Sunday, 28 August 2022, four major associations of European judges announced that they would challenge the Council’s Decision of 17 June that releases funds to Poland to help it recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The four associations are seeking to prevent the release of recovery funds to Poland until it has complied with the Court’s judgments in full. Whether their action has any ...
Podcast – Verfassungsblog
WEBThe fifth episode of #DefendingTheDefenders, the rule of law podcast by Deutscher Anwaltverein and Verfassungsblog, focuses on Colombia, where the situation for attorneys and human rights defenders is particularly dangerous. In recent years, hundreds of attorneys and human rights defenders have been …
Trump’s Indefinite Ban – Verfassungsblog
WEBMay 11, 2021 · After months of waiting, the Facebook Oversight Board has upheld Facebook’s ban of former President Donald Trump. Beyond the merits, the decision underlines a trend showing how the FOB is applying protections of free speech. The FOB’s increasing reliance on the principle of proportionality and transparency is a paradigmatic example of an ever-growing distance to the First Amendment dogma ...
Editorial – Verfassungsblog
WEBWhich principles govern? Mark A. Graber is Regents Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in Baltimore. Verfassungsblog is a journalistic and academic forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging common European constitutional space and beyond.
The End of Germany’s Strategic Restraint – Verfassungsblog
WEBIn a special session of the German Bundestag on February 27, 2022, on the occasion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federal government announced nothing less than a realignment of the Federal Republic of Germany's long-standing security and defense policy principles. The decisions taken by the Government replaced the "culture of strategic restraint" that had for decades characterized ...
Protecting the Constitution – Verfassungsblog
WEBFeb 3, 2023 · What started over ten years ago in Hungary is now being copied all over the world: Democratic rule of law, actually a facilitator of diversity of opinion and fruitful debate among the different, is being reforged into a tool of authoritarian power preservation and thus, without any open breach of the constitution, de facto abolished.
Constitutional Law – Verfassungsblog
WEBLooking at Canadian law, this blog posts argues that administrative agencies should be able to interpret and articulate unwritten constitutional principles when exercising their discretionary powers, and that these interpretations ought to be deferred to by courts. This would also encourage citizens to put forward their own interpretations of ...