Articles for category: Allgemein

„The Eurozone Crisis“: Introduction by the Authors

Our book on the Eurozone crisis is built on two central premises; a substantive one and a methodological one. According to the substantive premise the Eurozone crisis has not been merely an economic crisis and a crisis of the European macroeconomic constitution but has had significant consequences in the dimensions of the political and social constitution as well. This substantive premise is linked to our understanding of the European constitution as a multidimensional and multitemporal process of constitutionalisation. The methodological premise concerns the relationship between constitutional and economic analysis. Our objective has not been to complement constitutional with economic analysis ... continue reading

12. April 2014

„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

12. April 2014

The ENP: A policy without a strategy…

Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.

24. März 2014

The ENP: A policy without a strategy…

Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.

24. März 2014

Verfassungsblog Seminar: Einführung in das rechtswissenschaftliche Bloggen

Im Wintersemester 2013/14 bieten wir an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin folgende Lehrveranstaltung an: Verfassungsblog Seminar Einführung in das rechtswissenschaftliche Bloggen Das Forschungsprojekt „Verfassungsblog: Perspektiven der Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Rechtswissenschaft“ widmet sich der Frage, wie der Verfassungsblog an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit die Wissenschaftskommunikation verändert und welchen Funktions- und Erfolgskriterien er unterliegt. Das Seminar soll in das rechtswissenschaftliche Bloggen einführen und die theoretischen und praktischen Grundlagen dazu vermitteln, selbst qualitativ hochwertige und für ein breites Publikum verständliche rechtswissenschaftliche Blogbeiträge zu verfassen. Die Teilnehmer_innen sollen eigenständig zwei Blogposts zu jeweils einem gesetzten aktuellen Thema recherchieren und schreiben. Diese Texte werden ... continue reading

10. Dezember 2013

Turning EU Citizenship into a Viable Tool of EU Federalism

Dozens of years after the European Economic Community turned into the European Union, we are (still) speaking of the EU as an economic organisation. The Internal Market, which was one among many in a potential palette of the tools of integration became seemly the only tool . The Union has moved on from the customs union and the four types of free movement: it is about so much more now, compared even with 20 years ago. To present the Internal Market as the only tool of European Integration is thus most probably wrong. Yet, what should the alternatives be? What else can be deployed to underpin the core of EU integration next to the internal market? It is to respond to this question that a number of leading scholars on EU citizenship gathered in Oslo on September 13–14, 2013.

2. Oktober 2013

Translation „Perspectives of Legal Sholarship in Germany“ available online now

The German Council of Science and Humanities and the programme Rechtskulturen, an initiative of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin/Institute for Advanced Study and its project Recht im Kontext at the Forum Transregionale Studien, are pleased to present the Perspectives of Legal Scholarship in Germany. Current Situation, Analyses, Recommendations to you. The Council, a major science policy advisory body that reports to the federal and state governments on the structure and development of higher education and research, adopted the German original paper on the occasion of its fall sessions in November 2012.

2. Oktober 2013

Miranda’s Rights: A Guide for the Perplexed Citizen

Nach der Verhaftung des Partners eines Enthüllungsjournalisten am Flughafen Heathrow stellen viele besorgte Bürger sich die Frage, ob die britische Anti-Terror-Gesetzgebung der Regierung tatsächlich solche Aktionen erlaubt. Jeff King, Verfassungsrechtler am University College London, kommt in einer ausführlichen Analyse zu dem Schluss: Nein, das tut sie nach gegenwärtigem Stand der Erkenntnisse nicht. David Miranda könnte auf Entschädigung klagen und hätte gute Aussichten zu gewinnen - sofern es der Regierung nicht gelingt, ihre neuen Befugnisse auszuspielen, Beweismittel im nationalen Sicherheitsinteresse geheim zu halten.

22. August 2013

Geschlossene Gesellschaft: „Staatsrechtslehre als Mikrokosmos“

Die wunderbare Welt der deutschen Staatsrechtslehre ist ein kleiner Kosmos ganz eigener Konventionen, Rituale und Traditionen. Staatsrechtslehre ist besonders nah an der Politik – und damit an der Macht. Sie ist die Wissenschaft des Öffentlichen Rechts, zugleich aber auch die soziale Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft der Staatsrechtslehrerinnen und Staatsrechtslehrer – also derer, die in einem streng reglementierten, jahrelangen Ausbildungs- und Kooptationsprozess die Voraussetzung zur Aufnahme in die 1922 gegründete Staatsrechtslehrervereinigung erworben haben. Grundsätzlich ist dies eine Habilitation für Staatsrecht und mindestens ein weiteres öffentlich-rechtliches Fach. Unter den mehr als 700 Mitgliedern sind 97 Prozent der Professorinnen und Professoren des Öffentlichen Rechts in Deutschland vertreten; ... continue reading

11. August 2013

Pius Langa: a man who knew the meaning of transformation

Former South African Chief Justice Pius Langa passed away earlier this week at the age of 74. This measured man, one who never seemed flustered and always seemed to have time to reflect before speaking, was both a good person and a brilliant jurist. His many meticulously crafted judgments leave behind a fitting memorial to his life and work. But it was his famous 2006 speech on the nature of "Transformative Constitutionalism" for which he might very well become best remembered.

25. Juli 2013