And yet, a common question seems to be asked: in the face of authoritarian determinism, what can be saved of the democratic process? Until when does it make sense to hold on? For some historians, in ...

This is the conflict – a “no win” – in which progressives experience the Court’s current engagements with these issues.

In this regard, it seems commonplace to remark that an association agreement concluded by the EU can only be suspended through unanimity in the Council (see e.g. here, here and here ). This assumption ...

Im ersten Absatz des ersten Artikels des Grundgesetzes steht das bundesrepublikanische Glaubensbekenntnis: „Die Würde des ...

With Like Company v Google, the first groundbreaking AI copyright case is now headed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In this case, a Hungarian press publisher challenges Google ...

But while satellite dependency may be enough to turn the tide of a battle, it is nothing compared to the truly frightening reliance on cloud computing providers. A handful of American tech giants ...

On 10 July 2025, the European Commission published the final version of its Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) – a voluntary rulebook developed by a group of independent experts and more ...

Als Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der universitären – insbesondere rechtswissenschaftlichen – Forschung und Lehre sowie der Justiz protestieren wir nachdrücklich gegen die Art und Weise, wie im Rahmen ...

Das forschungsstarke Institut für Theorie und Zukunft des Rechts der Universität Innsbruck (Prof. Kettemann, Prof. Kirchmair ...

I had the honour of being awarded an honorary doctorate in law by the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster. I was ...

Einen Kommentar zur derzeit schwebenden Wahl eines Richters und zweier Richterinnen an das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) abzugeben, fällt mir nicht leicht, weil man sich den Betroffenen fachlich w ...

However, the Court drew an important distinction: the confiscation did not serve to “prevent the illicit acquisition of property through criminal” acts but to “preserve integrity in public office by ...