Comparative constitutional law… Legal Actions against the State: Comparative Perspectives with reference to Ireland and France 6 Jul 20207 Jul 2020 The Covid-19 crisis has turned our lives inside out. It has had a profound effect on the way we, as individuals, interact with one another and with members of our…
Comparative contracts… Johannes Ungerer, ‘Coronavirus measures in private law: Comparison of moratoria in the United Kingdom and Germany’ – abstract 2 Jul 202029 Jun 2020 ABSTRACT The Coronavirus pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to private legal relations. These challenges demand that States provide measures that go beyond traditional private law responses such as force majeure, material…
Comparative contracts… The Spanish loan debt moratorium due to COVID-19, a minimal measure 29 Jun 202026 Jun 2020 The present contribution would like to give some insight in the measures adopted by the Spanish government to tackle the economic crisis caused by the shutdown under the state of…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives COVID-19, large corporations and states: Time for change? 22 Jun 202019 Jun 2020 The health crisis linked to the COVID-19 leads to an interesting opportunity from states: pushing large corporations to design a different economy built on the idea of sustainability. A health…
Comparative constitutional law… Centralized crisis management in disintegrative federations: COVID-19 policy in Belgium 17 Jun 202011 Jun 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic raises a crucial question for federal systems: how can the government respond quickly and coordinated if powers are spread across different levels? The question becomes even more…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives… Far from unprecedented? The rationing of healthcare in Italy and the UK during the Covid-19 emergency: a human rights analysis 8 Jun 20208 Jun 2020 ‘In each case a choice has to be made and, in making it, it is necessary to consider the needs of more than one person.’ UCL Hospitals NHS FT v…
Bell John… THE IMPORTANCE OF URGENT INTERIM ORDERS IN CONTESTING FRENCH GOVERNMENT RULES ON COVID-19 3 Jun 20203 Mar 2021 The juge des référés is, in principle, the judge of interim orders. As Art. L511-1 CJA (French administrative justice code) states, he ‘decides by means of measures which have a…
Comparative administrative law… Covid-19 and the Risks of Decentralisation:Crisis Management as Central-Local Risk Management in China 1 Jun 202026 May 2020 The threat posed by the coronavirus crisis is a holistic one – and so must be the response to it. Covid-19 prevention and control thus should be undertaken by all…
Call for papers… International and pluri-disciplinary symposium 26 May 20207 Jun 2020 Coronavirus – Covid-19 Constitutional, political and social threats and challenges in France and the United Kingdom Hosted by: Panthéon-Assas University (Paris – France) on 27 May 2021 & Centre for…
Australia… Divided We Fall? – Division and Coordination in Federal Systems During a Time of Crisis 25 May 202024 May 2020 Federal systems divide power between a federal government and subsidiary state governments. One of the animating purposes of dividing power in this way is to protect individual liberty against the…
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