Radical-right parties made significant gains at the ballot box during 2024. Vicente Valentim argues this success owes much to the normalisation of their views. Last year was a year full of elections, with almost half of the world’s population being called to the polls. In many of these elections, the radical right made significant gains. … Read more
Life often comes full circle—and Dr. Dana Stephens exemplifies this through her career-long connection to extension. Now serving as the Florida Sea Grant UF/IFAS Extension Agent for Okaloosa County, she embodies the program’s vision of community outreach, education, and application of science. Growing up in Minnesota, the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” Dr. Stephens developed an … Read more
A quick note on Playtech Software ea v Games Global Ltd ea [2024] EWHC 3264 (Ch) in which Thompsell J discussed ia Rome II in an application for service out (of the jurisdiction). As confirmed by Arnold LJ in Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co Ltd v Celgard, LLC [2020] EWCA Civ 1293 [51] as a matter … Read more
Die Debatte über die widersprüchliche Rechtslage zu Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen Nachdem zwei vorangegangene Versuche, den Zugang zu Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen zu erleichtern bzw. diese zu entkriminalisieren, 1975 und 1993 vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) scheiterten, beruht das aktuell geltende Recht auf dem SFHÄndG 1995 (die Beschreibung der Normgeschichte durch das BVerfG hier). Diese Rechtslage markiert den vorübergehenden Stillstand einer politisch … Read more
On 18 December 2024, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court held that the law, prohibiting the dissemination of public information depicting same-sex relationships is unconstitutional as it violates the freedom of thought of children and the right to found a family under the Constitution of Lithuania. The decision follows the rationale of the European Court of Human … Read more
