“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” — Taken from the oral statement of Nauru, citing Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War, book
5, ch. 89 (trans. R. Crawley, 1874). [...]
Paolo Biondi, EU Asylum Agency Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction The 1951 Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international
refugee protection, outlining the rights of asylum seekers and the responsibilities of states. [...]
Under Tusk’s government, political considerations often overshadowed strict adherence to the law in public media changes. However, public media and the Polish Press Agency
showed improvement compared to their propagandist role under the previous administration. [...]
Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia) presented A New View of Formal Equality at Sapienza University of Rome yesterday as part of its 20th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of
Law And Economics: When it comes to equality under the law, the contemporary focus is decidedly on substance rather than form. [...]
Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King, America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect versus Repair (University of Chicago Press, 2024). Here's a link to a recent post, by Rebecca
Zeitlow (University of Toledo). Other contributors include [...]
This week, David Elkins (Netanya, Google Scholar) reviews Ari Glogower (Northwestern; Google Scholar), The Constitutional Limits to the Taxing Power, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 782
(2024). Moore v. United States, decided in June of this year, has sparked a renewed interest in Constitutional issues by tax scholars. [...]
Le droit au silence devient, au fil des décisions de justice, un principe général de droit processuel, applicable aussi bien en matière pénale que disciplinaire, et à
toutes les étapes des procédures. Par un arrêt du 19 décembre 2024, la section du contentieux du Conseil d'État franchit un pas supplémentaire dans le mouvement [...]
The European Law Institute (ELI) has now published the ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence for which Dr Sophie Turenne acted as lead co-reporter. In
the words of Dr Turenne, "Judicial independence exists for the benefit of every individual; it is vital to maintain democracy bound by the rule of law. [...]
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