ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Max Steuer

Max Steuer is an Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University (Jindal Global Law School) in India and a Principal Investigator at Comenius University in Bratislava (Department of Political Science) in Slovakia.
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POSTS BY Max Steuer

05 February 2019

Max Steuer

The First Live-Broadcast Hearings of Candidates for Constitutional Judges in Slovakia: Five Lessons

In 2019, Slovakia selects nine out of thirteen constitutional court judges and the hearings of the candidates for the nominees for the vacant seats were publicly broadcast. The atmosphere of the hearings and the overall context of the 2019 appointment process, however, yield at least five, and not that optimistic, lessons. Continue reading >>

25 October 2018

Max Steuer

On the Brink of Joining Poland and Hungary: The Night of Surprises in the Slovak Parliament

The relatively short political history of the Slovak parliament has already witnessed several dramatic sessions. The latest drama unfolded during the night of 23 October in a parliamentary session to discuss and vote on an amendment of the Constitution and a new Act on the Constitutional Court that could have put Slovakia on a direct path to follow Hungary and Poland. The night turned out to be full of surprises. Continue reading >>