We are working with the leading critical legal journal Law & Critique to bring their brilliant output to a broader audience. Many of the papers published with Law & Critique
will be accompanied by a shorter discussion on Critical Legal Thinking. In this case, please check out Rosie Woodhouse's full article which is available open access [...]
Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza turns twenty next year. In the context of state-to-state violence and of an anti-colonial struggle for self-determination, the Israeli action
is unique, subverting so many authorities at once: the ICJ, the ICC, the UNGA, and countless international and regional civil society organisations. [...]
Der Begriff „Bürokratie“ lässt sich in verschiedener Weise verstehen: als Idealtypus legaler Herrschaft im Sinne Max Webers, was auch positive Eigenschaften wie Regeltreue,
Vorhersehbarkeit und Effizienz einschließt, oder als Umschreibung von Dysfunktionalitäten innerhalb der Verwaltung oder im Verhältnis zur Verwaltungsumwelt. [...]
–Joanna Demopoulou, research examines the legal and institutional architecture of governance, focusing on how law structures, distributes, and constrains public authority
across European and international institutions [...]
Emotions such as compassion, fear, and shame play a central role in developing and implementing migration and refugee policies and laws: they guide both the adoption of laws
and their interpretation. Understanding the emotional reasoning behind laws and policies is therefore essential for explaining why particular policies are adopted, [...]
Im Spätmittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit stellte man Verurteilte an stark frequentierten Plätzen am Pranger öffentlich zur Schau, um sie zu erniedrigen und zu stigmatisieren
und um die Bevölkerung zu belehren und abzuschrecken. Die Zuschauer verspotteten sie, beschimpften sie, schlugen sie oder bewarfen sie mit Unrat.1) Bei der Verhängung [...]
Imagine that you intend to run for president of the Republic, governor of a state, or mayor of a municipality. During the campaign, you can choose to run either as an ordinary
candidate or as the current holder of the office you seek. Which option would you choose? The answer is intuitive: your chances of success are usually, although not [...]