Vor bald 200 Jahren unternahm ein französischer Aristokrat eine Reise in die damals noch jungen Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Er wollte das dortige Staatswesen studieren.
190 Jahre nach seinem Hauptwerk Über die Demokratie in Amerika sehen wir uns erneut mit Alexis de Tocquevilles zentraler Frage konfrontiert: Wie lässt sich Demokratie [...]
In a landmark ruling, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday delivered its much-anticipated merits judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
(nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22). The judgment is here; the Court’s press release summarizing it is here. [...]
Private international law in post-Soviet Central Asian countries is clearly underrepresented in the literature, despite the fact that countries such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
have fairly detailed legislation on international jurisdiction, applicable law, and the enforcement of foreign judgments. [...]
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) hosts an annual conference today with a panel book salon on The International Tax Revolution: The past decade has witnessed
the creation of a new International Tax Regime (ITR). The original ITR was created a century ago by the League of Nations based... [...]
Judge J. Michelle Childs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, has published A Distinctive Court: A Glimpse into the History and Significance of the D.C. Circuit in
the Fordham Law Review. Judge Childs visited Fordham University School of Law as the 2025 Distinguished Jurist in Residence and presented the article as a lecture [...]
Back in April, with the 90 day pause on Trump's reciprocal tariffs scheduled to end at midnight on July 8, a Trump administration official suggested they could sign "90 deals
in 90 days." At that time, I noted here on the blog that I had said the following on Bluesky: "90 deals seems unlikely, but 5-20 small-ish ones, covering a handful [...]
I am pleased to see the launch of a new column at SCOTUSblog, being called "ScotusCrim" and being authored by Rory Little to focus "on intersections between the Supreme Court
and criminal law." The initial installment is titled "The criminal side of the docket is not what you think," and I recommend the full entry. Here are some snippets: [...]
Les sommes volontairement remises à titre de pourboires par les clients à destination du personnel en contact avec la clientèle sont soumises à cotisations sociales dès
lors qu’elles sont remises à l’employeur pour qu’il les reverse au personnel. [...]
Par deux arrêts du 27 juin 2025, l’assemblée plénière de la Cour de cassation a déterminé les contours du principe dispositif lorsque la victime d’un dommage demande
simplement à être intégralement indemnisée alors que cette dernière n’a subi qu’une perte de chance. [...]
