European Constitutional Law Review

On First View: @pamilewska.bsky.social analyzes the Real Madrid judgment of the Court of Justice. Read at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On 19 Nov 2025, 2pm GMT, we will host an online roundtable on #Contextual Approaches to #Constitutional_Law in #Academic_Publishing with reps from 6 leading comparative con law journals, moderated by Prof @tomginsburg.bsky.social (Chicago) & chaired by CCC co-director Dr @davidvitale.bsky.social.

And another case note out on First View: Peter Hilpold comments the CJEU's Western Sahara judgments of October 2024 and analyses how the EU Courts have furthered the right to self determination.
Read his piece at:
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This judgment was about extending reinstatement of internal border controls within the Schengen area - so of interest to immigration law/policy too

A new case note: Aristel Skrbic discusses the Court of Justice's judgment in NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark and the need to separate the 'motor' and 'guardian' functions of the EU Commission.

Don't miss it at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fresh out of the press: ECtHR judge András Jakab reflects on constitution-making procedures and different conceptions of legitimacy.
Read the new piece at:
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In our last issue, @mwewerinke.bsky.social analyses the ECtHR judgment in KlimaSeniorinnen and climate protection obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Read - as always open access - at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Is the output produced by systems like ChatGPT constitutionally protected speech? Marco Bassini discusses constitutional coverage for generative AI output in this new article 👇
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Back after the summer break with a new issue. Constitutional court appointments, admissibility requirements for citizens' initiatives, the Spanish judicial council crisis, academic freedom in EU law, and case notes on Mirin and KlimaSeniorinnen, all OpenAccess at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On First View: @alinatryfonidou.bsky.social discusses the Court of Justice's ruling in Mirin on the cross-border recognition of changes in legal sex of transgender persons.

Read open access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Your Friday read 👇

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present my work on models of judicial review in equality jurisprudence at the EuConst Symposium.
I am grateful to the other participants and discussants, in particular Prof. Silvia Suteu, for their insightful feedback and comments.

I hope the article contributes to ongoing debates on #EUmultilevelconstitutionalism and #EURuleofLaw. Very grateful to @euconst.bsky.social for publishing this piece

How has the EU mediated the judicial council crisis in Spain? Read more in this our new article by @mikelblue.bsky.social 👇

Thanks to our participants and to our editorial board member Cristina Fasone for the organisation. And see you in Hamburg in 2026 for the next edition - more to follow!

This Monday and Tuesday we met at Luiss in Rome for the 2025 EuConst Symposium, our yearly event for young European constitutional law scholars. We listened to many brilliant presentations on a wide range of European and comparative constitutional law topics.

What is the relationship between academic freedom, democracy and the rule of law in the EU legal order? And how can EU tools be mobilised to protect academic freedom?
‪@olgaceran.bsky.social answers these questions in our new article 👇
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6. "Regulating Migration at a Time of Populism. Women’s Rights as a Battleground in the European Populist Migration Legal Framework", Veronica Federico

All #OpenAccess
Here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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4. "The Rule of Law Crisis Was Always Gendered: The Anti-Gender Playbook in Europe", Silvia Suteu
5. "The Role of Science in the Constitutional Interpretation of Gender-Related Rights: Science For and Against the Risk of Populist Drifts?", Simone Penasa

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1. "Introduction to the Special Section", Mara Malagodi, Elettra Stradella, and Stefano Osella
2. "Conceptualising the Link between Constitutional Degradation and Gender Populism", Mara Malagodi and Elettra Stradella
3. "Anti-Gender Constitutionalism", Ruth Rubio Marín

Check out our Special Section on #Gender #Populism and #ConstitutionalDegradation for @euconst.bsky.social
co-edited w/ Elettra Stradella & Stefano Osella
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Our new issue - as always, fully open access - here 👇

Delighted that our Special Section on “Gender, Populism and Constitutional Degradation“ for @euconst.bsky.social has just been published

The issue includes also Wojciech Piątek's case note on the ECtHR judgment in the 2023 Wałęsa case, and a review essay by Jacob van de Beeten on Paul Linden-Retek and Armin von Bogdandy's recent books on EU constitutionalism.

Also in the special section: Ruth Rubio Marin writes on anti-gender constitutionalism, and Silvia Suteu on the anti-gender playbook in Europe. And then Simone Penasa on science and populist drifts, and Veronica Federico on women rights and migration.

To open the special section, Malagodi and Stradella write on the link between constitutional degradation and gender populism. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Back with a new issue, including a special section on 'Gender, Populism and Constitutional Degradation' edited by Mara Malagodi, Stefano Osella and Elettra Stradella.
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Just in: Daniel Moeckli compares admissibility requirements and procedures for citizens' initiatives in Europe. Read it - as always - Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In this new review essay, Jacob van de Beeten discusses Paul Linden-Retek and Armin von Bogdandy's recent books on EU constitutionalism.

Read 'Unfulfilled Promises: Reconstructing EU Constitutionalism in times of Crisis and Contestation' here 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How to restore the role of law in Poland after the systemic violations of judicial independence? In this new case note, Wojciech Piątek reflects on the ECtHR judgment in the 2023 Wałęsa case.
Read at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...