Comparative constitutional law Book Review – Leah Trueblood’s Referendums as Representative Democracy, by Joel I- Colón-Ríos 21 Feb 202514 Mar 2025 Leah Trueblood has written an important book about the relationship between referendums and constitutional change. Referendums as Representative Democracy(Hart 2024) challenges the way in which referendums have been generally conceived…
Comparison in Europe… Can a non-discrimination law lens enrich our understanding of consumer vulnerability? – Comparative insights considering the regulation of sexist advertisement may provide some answers, by Jule Mulder 14 Feb 202513 Feb 2025 Vulnerability within EU Consumer Law How to protect vulnerable consumers is one of the key issues of our time. The European ideal of a well-informed, observant and circumspect consumer that…
Comparative Obligations… Limitation of Actions in the Slovenian Law of Obligations: Judges as Harbingers of Spring?, by Karmen Lutman 7 Feb 202512 Feb 2025 1. Introduction In a time of rapid social changes, civil codes might seem like fossils. Although it is considered that they should be amended with a delicate touch, occasional reforms…
Common Core… Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons, by Filippo Valguarnera 31 Jan 202530 Jan 2025 The challenge of the commons The book Property meeting the Challenge of the Commons – edited by myself together with Ugo Mattei, Alessandra Quarta and Ryan Fisher – was released…
Comparative Obligations… When Judicial Creativity Goes Wrong: The Case of Punitive Damages in Peru, by Sergio Garcia Long 24 Jan 202523 Jan 2025 Introduction There is constant friction between the stability of the law and the needs of practice. Civil codes are laws made to last for centuries to give stability and certainty;…
Postgraduate courses BACL postgraduate workshop 20/21 may 2025 – Call for papers 21 Jan 202516 Mar 2025 BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF COMPARATIVE LAW POSTGRADUATE WORKSHOP 20-21 May 2025, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Call for Papers The Centre for the study of Law in Theory and Practice (LTAP)…
