Comparative constitutional law Why Federalism Matters – Francesco Palermo and Karl Kössler, Comparative Federalism Concepts and Case Law, Oxford, Hart, 2017, 478 pp. 10 Feb 201911 Feb 2019 Why are federal and regional systems looked at with increasing interest? What are their objectives? How do these systems look like in times of globalization and supranational integration? How are…
Comparative criminal law… Albin Eser – Comparative Criminal Law. Development – Aims – Methods. C.H.BECK HART – NOMOS, 2017 4 Feb 2019 Comparative Criminal Law seems to be on the rise, at least in terms of standing on its own feet. However, this was not always the case. When looking into traditional…
Comparative constitutional law… Catalonian Independence: Unbounding a Blood and Belonging Constitutional System 27 Jan 20192 Feb 2019 Last November, the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that it would ask for long-term prison sentences for the Catalonian politicians who organised and supported the illegal referendum on the 1st…
Conferences and workshops Call for panel proposals and papers – ASLC annual meeting 27 Jan 201927 Jan 2019 The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) has just issued a call for proposals for (1) concurrent panels and (2) a works in progress conference to be held in association…
Legal reasoning… NEW TITLE: GEOFFREY SAMUEL, RETHINKING LEGAL REASONING, Edward Elgard, 2018 20 Jan 201928 Jul 2025 A book claiming to rethink legal reasoning would seem to be one making a very bold, if not arrogant, claim. And so the first observation to be made about my…
Comparative labour law… New research collection on comparative labour law highlights key issues 13 Jan 201915 Jan 2019 Why does comparative labour law matter? The world of work is churning. Work is now often what we do, rather than where we go. Yet the concerns remain similar: obtaining…
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