von EMIL BRANDENBURG Mit ihrem Programm für Aufschwung und Beschäftigung möchte die Große Koalition des Bundes die Reißleine ziehen und sich am politischen Horizont abzeichnenden

Vergesellschaftungen den Wind aus den Segeln nehmen: Vergesellschaftungen auf Länderebene sollen durch Bundesgesetz unmöglich gemacht werden. [...]

—Arvind Kumar, University of Hertfordshire; Associate Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies; Postdoctoral Research Associate, SOAS, University of London; Shailesh Kumar,

Lecturer in Law, Department of Law and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London [...]

Background In Barsuk and Gyl v Ukraine [2026] ECHR 145, the applicants, two female Jehovah’s Witnesses, had been attacked and beaten up by one S when they were preaching

door-to-door and distributing religious literature in 2017 [1-8]. S was subsequently arrested and charged with “infliction of minor injuries which caused short-term [...]

Sand Tomorrow, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey will come clattering into cinemas around the world. There will no doubt be talk of plotlines, performances, accents, and fidelity

to the source text—perhaps even some mentions of the curious absence of Greek actors. [...]

  (image source: Odile Jacob) Abstract: La laïcité donne lieu aujourd’hui à de nombreux débats, à de vigoureuses polémiques et à bien des contresens. Dans ce livre

érudit et exigeant, où il noue un dialogue serré avec les fondateurs ainsi qu’avec de nombreux interprètes contemporains, Vincent Peillon montre comment la [...]

(image: Joseph Clement of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Liège; source: Wikimedia Commons)  Abstract: Read more here.  (source: Celida [Centre liégeois de documentation archivistique)

Talks aimed at creating a digital euro are entering their final stage in the EU’s institutions. Paul Schmidt and Miguel Otero-Iglesias write the digital euro could significantly

reduce dependence on … Continued [...]

Hagiography is an old literary form, dating back to early Christianity.  It recounts the lives of the saints in order to elicit the audience’s admiration.  Although its

reverential character notoriously compromises accuracy, hagiographies can be worth reading as  windows into the worldview of believers. [...]