European Constitutional Law Review

And a new case note: Stephen Coutts discusses the rulings of the Court of Justice against the Czech Republic and Poland on the voting rights of mobile EU citizens.

Read 'Union Citizenship as a Status of Political Integration' at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Not just one, but four new brilliant pieces available as of today on First View. Anna Fiorentini writes on the European Health Data Space Regulation, and three case notes by Luigi Lonardo, Lorenzo Grossio and Urszula Jaremba & Małgorzata Kozak.

Read OpenAccess at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Don't miss our call for papers for the 2026 EuConst Symposium, which we will be hosted by the University of Hamburg on June 18 and 19. We welcome abstracts on any theme of European and comparative constitutional law. Application deadline March 3, all info at www.cambridge.org/core/journal....

Our article “Informal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making: A Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal” (with Prof. Piotr Tuleja) is now online first in @euconst.bsky.social

It's great to have yearly feedback on informal institutions by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social

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And another holiday read: Thomas Kleinlein comments on the KS&KD judgment of the Court of Justice and the 'normalisation' of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Read his not at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Deviations ultimately preserve the EU's macro-economic constitution, Hillary Hogan argues in her new piece on our journal, refacing on the shift from austerity to solidarity after Covid-19. Great open access holidays read at:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The #HumanRightsDay collection has articles from @iclq.bsky.social, @ljil-leiden.bsky.social, @jlme-journal.bsky.social, @europeanlawopen.bsky.social, @ajil.bsky.social, @euconst.bsky.social, and more.

Find papers to expand your horizons and improve your own research:

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A highly recommend read!

A long read on national competences and the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in the @euconst.bsky.social I tried to make sense of and refute claims that the Court must respect national competences when interpreting substantive EU law (many will be reminded of the “retained powers” formula…).

Stop the competence confusions, Dimitri Spieker argues in his new article. The vertical division of competencies does not and cannot constrain the CJEU's interpretation of EU law.

Read the piece Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The question of judicial remedies for human rights violations in EU border management remain a complex one: in their new piece, Elmin Omičević and Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi discuss the potential of domestic remedies for 'righting wrongs at home'. Read Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In case you missed it -check out our last issue here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

With contributions from Marco Bassini, András Jakab, Paolo Amorosa, Aristel Skrbic, @pamilewska.bsky.social, Peter Hilpold and Andreas Knecht.

⌛ Less than 2 weeks until our exciting roundtable discussion 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.

Paolo Amorosa reflects on the intellectual legacy of Cappelletti and Calamandrei and judicial review as social justice.

Read his 'Before Integration through Law: Cappelletti and Calamandrei on Judicial Review as Social Justice, 1944–1957' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In this new case note, Andreas Knecht discuss the 2024 Bundesverfassungsgericht's decision on the 2% threshold in EPelections. Read 'Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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!