Looking from T2 only backwards and never forwards to T3 risks creating an ever-receding horizon of state responsibility. If ...

The security rationales for the travel ban – reducing crime and terrorism – are extremely flimsy. Immigrants from the countries in question have extremely low rates of terrorism and much lower crime ...

“Executive disobedience” is a fluid concept that has not been conclusively defined in political theory or legal scholarship.

Second, we show that due to this breach, the Hungarian veto does not count, with the result that the decision can be adopted pursuant to Article 238(4) TFEU. This is no empty promise. The Court refers ...

Equally striking are the distinct terms “negation of values” and “constitutional dialogue”, which Ćapeta employs in developing criteria for Article 2 TEU violations and distinguishes from one another.

Since the negotiation of the Rome Statute – the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) – U.S. relations with the Court have zig-zagged between quiet support and open hostility.

Immigration courthouse arrests play a key role in ICE’s pursuit of rapid deportations because they trigger a summary removal process without judicial review even in the face of errors. A centerpiece ...

On the one hand, if the wealthy wield political power, they may seek to distort government programs to benefit themselves. On the other hand, they may lobby for drastic cutbacks in the fiscal size and ...

In the original version of the world-renowned musical film “The Wizard of Oz”, the young protagonist Dorothy sings of her wish to escape her currently troubled world and flee to a better place ...

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Less than two years ago, in late 2023, when the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) government lost power, a wave of optimism swept through liberal-democratic circles in Poland. The defeat was seen – ...

Accepting any peace agreement resulting in Ukraine losing part of its territory, however, would not only legitimize territorial aggression but also reinforce Russia’s use of constitutionalized memory ...