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harrowing
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Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?
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Justiz-Projekt Buchbesprechung im DLF Andruck 😍
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Verfassungsgeschichte kann entkrampfen, auch die Debatte über #Parität im #Wahlrecht. Mehr dazu auf dem @verfassungsblog.de: verfassungsblog.de/historische-...
16.02.2026 12:13 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3
Zitat: „Pünktlich zur Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz konnte Karlsruhe grünes Licht geben: Die Bundes-regierung hat freie Hand.“
Das BVerfG hat eine Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Genehmigungen für die Ausfuhr von Kriegsgerät nach Israel nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen.
FLORIAN MEINEL (@meinel.bsky.social) über Pseudogrundrechtsschutz und das Verfassungsrecht des hybriden Krieges.
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Quote: “What is newly visible to some through Operation Metro Surge has long been lived by others. The elasticity of constitutional standards and the racialized logics that structure immigration enforcement are not new.”
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
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"What is newly visible to some through Operation Metro Surge has long been lived by others. The elasticity of constitutional standards and the racialized logics that structure immigration enforcement are not new."
A Letter from Minneapolis, by Emmanuel Mauleón (@umnlawschool.bsky.social)
Zitat aus unserem neuesten Blogpost von Tristan Wißgott: „Die einstmals so wichtige direktive Kraft der Versammlungsfreiheit gegenüber dem Vollzug des repressiven Versammlungsrechts ist versiegt.“
Die Brokdorf-Rechtsprechung des BVerfG, einst Garant der Versammlungsfreiheit, stößt bei pro-palästinensischen Demos an ihre Grenzen.
TRISTAN WIẞGOTT (@triswiss.bsky.social) zeigt, dass gerade die Prinzipien, die Brokdorf einst stark machten, heute versagen.
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Did you know that our Verfassungsbook on “The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change” is also available in print? 📘🌍
Order the print version or download the freely available digital copy here:
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Horrifying beyond words
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Very thoughtful blog by our @eui-eu.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social colleague Prof Sarah Nouwen.
23.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Recommend this piece by @stewartmotha.bsky.social, on the parallels between the Chagos islands and Greenland.
20.01.2026 21:29 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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“A kind of mafioso approach.”
I spoke with Marko Milanović for this week’s @verfassungsblog.de newsletter about a possible US-annexation of Greenland — and which role (if any) international law would play in such a scenario.
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"Lviv’s response to Russian authoritarianism is one of courage, connection, and defiance."
Our first editorial of 2026, fresh from Lviv, Ukraine ✨
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danke!! 🙏
10.01.2026 09:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of a snowy street in Lvi with city lights
If you sometimes wonder where to look for hope in 2026, amid constant news of crisis in democracy and international law, I would suggest this: look to Ukraine. 🇺🇦
My editorial for @verfassungsblog.de on Lviv — and what we can learn from this city:
verfassungsblog.de/laboratorium...
With the #ICJ hearing in #TheGambia v #Myanmar kicking off on Monday, I put together some thoughts over at @verfassungsblog.de on key issues to consider for those following this important #GenocideConvention case. A quick summary. verfassungsblog.de/the-rohingya...
09.01.2026 12:39 — 👍 20 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1US attacks on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro raise profound legal and geopolitical concerns, with implications well beyond Venezuela itself. In a new post co-authored with Julian Arato, we examine the attack and its broader consequences under international law.
05.01.2026 15:35 — 👍 21 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
Quote: Unconstrained by the conventions of journals and traditional edited books, the contributions are creative and intellectually provocative, planting the seeds for years of further research and dialogue.
QR-Code of the book
Still looking for something to dig into over the winter break? ❄️📖
The ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion is one of the most significant developments in international climate law.
This new Verfassungsbook gathers leading scholars to unpack its global implications:
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Such an amazing new publication @verfassungsblog.de - many thanks for including my contribution @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @eulegalstudies.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social
19.12.2025 08:30 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Out now – fully open access 🎉
The ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion is one of the most significant developments in international climate law. ⚖️🌍
This new volume shows why – and explores its implications for global climate governance.
Get your free copy here:
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Across 26 chapters, contributors address state responsibility, customary law, due diligence, migration, climate litigation, fossil fuels, climate justice, and many further issues at the intersection of domestic law and international climate law. ⚖️🌍
Open access now; print edition follows shortly 📘
Edited with Maria Antonia Tigre (@matigre.bsky.social) and Antoine De Spiegeleir (@antoine-despieg.bsky.social), the volume grew out of a joint @verfassungsblog.de-@sabincenter.bsky.social-symposium.
16.12.2025 15:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
✨ We have a new book out ✨
The ICJ’s climate advisory opinion is the most important development in international climate law since the Paris Agreement.
We brought together leading scholars to explore its doctrinal foundations and normative implications.
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/book/the-icj...
Out now — die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts.💥
Ein Jahr Arbeit, rund 70 Gespräche mit Expertinnen und Experten, in denen wir der Frage nachgegangen sind: Wie verwundbar ist die deutsche Justiz?
Ab sofort Open Access verfügbar: verfassungsblog.de/book/das-jus... 🔗
Antizipation beginnt jetzt.
fantastic piece
28.11.2025 10:58 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Eine Stellenanzeige mit rotem Rauch als Illustration
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Quote: “Over the years the Court has developed and now has at its disposal tools which allow it to engage effectively and efficiently with democratic and rule of law decline.”
How can the European Court of Human Rights respond to the erosion of democracy and the rule of law?
SÍOFRA O’LEARY and YONKO GROZEV show which main procedural tools and paths the Court can use to respond to one of the greatest challenges it faces.
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America’s collapse of secular constitutional faith has unleashed a politicized church that turns sacrifice from love into a license for violence.
PAUL KAHN explains why this blurring of church and state marks a critical turning point in America’s political and moral crisis.
