Comparative constitutional law… Parliamentary practices: a study of comparative constitutional law in France and the United Kingdom, by ME BOGGIO – MOTHERON 7 Mar 2025 A comparison of the incomparable : developing a theory of unwritten parliamentary sources The use of comparison in the study of parliamentary law is not an uncommon occurrence. Indeed, several studies…
Comparative constitutional law The Accountability of Executive Power: New Paths into a Constitutional Black Box, by G Tusseau 28 Feb 202528 Feb 2025 Is there anything new to say about such a classic subject as executive power? Two books, Comparative Executive Power in Europe: Perspectives on Accountability from Law, History and Political Science and…
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;…
Comparative constitutional law Press Freedom and Regulation in a Digital Era: A Comparative Study (OUP, 2024) by Irini Katsirea 14 Jan 202514 Jan 2025 Press Freedom and Regulation in a Digital Era: A Comparative Study aims to explore the changed environment in which the press operates and the regulatory challenges it faces in the…
Judicial Creativity and the Law of Obligations… Indexation and Monetary Correction: Tackling Venezuela’s Inflation by Means of Judicial Interpretation, by Julio-Cesar Betancourt 13 Dec 202412 Dec 2024 Introduction Venezuela is an oil-rich country that has been severely devastated by decades of misgovernment, corruption, and populism. It has more than 300 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves,…
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