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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued Advisory Opinion No. 32 — the most important and progressive document yet released by an international court on the climate ...