Articles for author: Isabel Feichtner

Tiefseebodenbergbau und Planetares Denken

Am Freitag, den 21. Juli 2023, endete Teil 2 der 28. Sitzung des Rats der Internationalen Meeresbodenbehörde. Zwei Wochen hatten die Delegierten die sogenannten Ausbeutungsverordnungen (Exploitation Regulations) verhandelt. Tags darauf meldete der Deutschlandfunk: „Der Rat der Internationalen Meeresbodenbehörde ist vorerst an der Aufgabe gescheitert, weltweite Regeln für den Tiefseebergbau aufzustellen.“ Richtig ist, dass die Beratungen nicht in einer Einigung auf ein Regelwerk mündeten. Das war angesichts der vielen offenen Fragen, unter anderem zu den finanziellen Verpflichtungen von Bergbauunternehmen und Vorkehrungen zum Schutz der marinen Umwelt, aber auch nicht anders zu erwarten. Angesichts der bis zum Ende konstruktiven und konzentrierten Verhandlungen scheint es unrichtig, sie als gescheitert zu bezeichnen. Vielleicht lassen sie sogar Ansätze einer neuen ökologischen und planetaren Politik erkennen.

Conclusion to the Symposium „Constitutions of Value“

Here in conclusion, we will not offer a unitary encapsulation of the project as a whole. The contributions are sufficiently diverse, sometimes in disagreement, and any such effort would be premature at this stage. Instead, we are interested to sketch the possibilities going forward for our inquiries into notions of value and value practices, on the basis of what we have assembled here in this symposium. To do this, let us take a step back, to ask a broad question: What makes our questions about value intelligible, and what makes them intelligible now?

Constitutions of Value: Introduction to the Symposium

The contributions to this symposium are the first fruits of the research project “Constitutions of Value.” They are based on presentations and discussions at a workshop we convened at the University of Würzburg on 12 and 13 December 2019 (with funds made available by the state of Bavaria for the research network ForDemocracy). We had invited lawyers, an economist, a sociologist, a historian, a philosopher, and a commons activist to think about the role of law (together with politics, economics, technology and science) in co-constituting value and value practices. In this introduction we seek to explain what prompted us to assemble this multidisciplinary group to engage in and contribute to a legal study of value, what we hope to achieve with this project, and the challenges that it needs to face.

„The Eurozone Crisis“ – A Book Debate

Kaarlo Tuori, Klaus Tuori. The Eurozone Crisis. A Constitutional Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. 285. £19.99. ISBN: 9781107649453. Taking a break from the ILA Biannual Conference and ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. to launch this book debate on Kaarlo Tuori’s and Klaus Tuori’s new book I need not stray from the Ronald Reagan Building to find illustrative examples that the Eurozone crisis is far from resolved and will haunt us for years to come. The New York Times reports today on the run of investors on the newly issued Greek debt and notes the disconnect between „the rush ... continue reading

“The Eurozone Crisis” – A Book Debate

Kaarlo Tuori, Klaus Tuori. The Eurozone Crisis. A Constitutional Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. 285. £19.99. ISBN: 9781107649453. Taking a break from the ILA Biannual Conference and ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. to launch this book debate on Kaarlo Tuori’s and Klaus Tuori’s new book I need not stray from the Ronald Reagan Building to find illustrative examples that the Eurozone crisis is far from resolved and will haunt us for years to come. The New York Times reports today on the run of investors on the newly issued Greek debt and notes the disconnect between “the rush ... continue reading

Crisis Talk at Humboldt University

By ISABEL FEICHTNER It’s easier to talk about love than about the debt crisis. Talking about the debt crisis, however, can be lovely. The conference “A Debt Restructuring Mechanism for European Sovereigns. Do We Need A Legal Procedure?” at Humboldt University on January 13 and 14 was a demonstration of lovely crisis conversation. Christoph Paulus, Professor of Private Law at Humboldt University, had convened a group of economists and lawyers, academics and practitioners from Europe, the USA, Latin America and Japan to discuss causes and responses to the European debt crisis. Even though the emphasis of the conference lay on ... continue reading

Euro-Rettungsschirm: Praktische Vernunft in Karlsruhe

Ich war leider heute nicht dabei in Karlsruhe, aber Isabel Feichter, Völkerrechtlerin aus Frankfurt, war vor Ort und hat sich freundlicherweise bereit erklärt, uns ihre Eindrücke zu schildern: Von Isabel Feichtner Es war die letzte Verhandlung im alten Saal, bevor das BVerfG renovierungsbedingt in ein Übergangsquartier am Stadtrand zieht – und die Spannung war gewaltig: Schon im Zug aus Heidelberg herrschte eine freudig-nervöse Stimmung unter den zahlreich anreisenden Verfassungstouristen, Journalisten, Prozessvertretergattinnen und anderen Interessierten, nebst einer Handvoll Theaterleute, die ein anderes Spektakel nach Karlsruhe lockte: das XX. baden-württembergische Theatertreffen unter dem beziehungsreichen Titel „Ungerecht„. Um 10 ging die Verhandlung los ... continue reading