15 February 2016
Filling the Vacancy left by Scalia: The Democratic Virtues of Delay
If Republicans delayed the procedure or refused to vote on any nominee Obama puts forward, would they violate their constitutional responsibilities, as Democrats insist? In the end I don´t think so. On the contrary: I will argue that there are good grounds of constitutional principle that make delaying the appointment an attractive proposition. Continue reading >>
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09 December 2015
A Facelift for Verfassungsblog
Today, we proudly present the newly designed Verfassungsblog. We made a big effort to make the blog easier to navigate, to improve readability and accessibility of postings, to offer some new functions such as an Events calender, and generally to provide a fresh, modern experience for users of the blog. A big, warm thank you goes out to the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, particularly its Center for Global Constitutionalism, which generously supported us to make this relaunch possible. Continue reading >>
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09 September 2015
Verfassungsblog Enters into Partnership with WZB’s Center for Global Constitutionalism
The Center for Global Constitutionalism at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center has joined Wissenschaftskolleg/Recht im Kontext as a strong institutional partner of the Verfassungsblog. Together, we are looking forward to build on the blog´s achievement and further strengthen its position as a leading forum of debate on topical questions of national, European and global constitutionalism, fostering exchange between academic expert knowledge and the political public sphere, while consolidating Berlin’s reputation as a place where cutting edge research on pressing contemporary public law questions is conducted and exciting debates at the interface between law, politics and society are launched. Continue reading >>
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27 May 2015
An Empire of Capital? Transatlantic Investment Protection as the Institutionalization of Unjustified Privilege
The field of investor state arbitration is historically connected to purposes and contexts, which are strikingly different from the contemporary world of trade and investment relations between liberal constitutional democracies. What might conceivably have been a mutually useful policy instrument in the relationship between developing and developed countries has no plausible role to play in the relationship between developed liberal constitutional democracies. The idea of investment arbitration as a field with its own separate dispute resolution infrastructure should be seen as an inherently dubious transitional phenomenon that deserves to wither away over time, rather than being reformed. Continue reading >>
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27 May 2015
An Empire of Capital? Transatlantic Investment Protection as the Institutionalization of Unjustified Privilege
The field of investor state arbitration is historically connected to purposes and contexts, which are strikingly different from the contemporary world of trade and investment relations between liberal constitutional democracies. What might conceivably have been a mutually useful policy instrument in the relationship between developing and developed countries has no plausible role to play in the relationship between developed liberal constitutional democracies. The idea of investment arbitration as a field with its own separate dispute resolution infrastructure should be seen as an inherently dubious transitional phenomenon that deserves to wither away over time, rather than being reformed. Continue reading >>
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13 June 2014
Why Armstrong is wrong and there IS in fact a legal duty to appoint Juncker
Thankfully the Treaties provide the basis for leaving behind the ancien régime of executive federalism and pushes towards a more democratic politics in Europe. Ironically the path to a brighter democratic future in Europe depends to a nontrivial extent on the Council acting in conformity with its duty to nominate a perhaps less than inspiring steady hand of the past as Commission President. Continue reading >>13 June 2014
Why Armstrong is wrong and there IS in fact a legal duty to appoint Juncker
Thankfully the Treaties provide the basis for leaving behind the ancien régime of executive federalism and pushes towards a more democratic politics in Europe. Ironically the path to a brighter democratic future in Europe depends to a nontrivial extent on the Council acting in conformity with its duty to nominate a perhaps less than inspiring steady hand of the past as Commission President. Continue reading >>06 June 2014
Der Europäische Rat ist verpflichtet, Juncker vorzuschlagen
Die Position von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, "jetzt alle Gespräche genau in diesem Geiste (zu führen), dass Jean-Claude Juncker auch Präsident der Europäischen Kommission werden sollte" ist nicht nur politisch angemessen, sondern europarechtlich und verfassungsrechtlich geboten. Continue reading >>06 June 2014
Why the Council is under a legal duty to propose Juncker as a Commission President
The German Chancellor has stated that she would “conduct all negotiations with a view to ensuring that Claude Juncker becomes President”. But the qualifications she continues to make suggest that she very much remains willing to hide behind Cameron and a minority of other leaders to aim for “a compromise” that will leave democratic aspirations in Europe severely harmed. Citizens have good reasons to be concerned. Continue reading >>23 January 2013
„Eine parlamentarisch verantwortliche Regierung für Europa“
Wenn Sie an Europa im Jahr 2023 denken – woran […] Continue reading >>
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