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Courts, Constitutions and Authoritarian Consolidation in Pakistan – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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Courts, Constitutions and Authoritarian Consolidation in Pakistan – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

In 2024, Pakistan has moved in a decisively authoritarian direction. The civilian and military hybrid ruling coalition that came to power in 2022 is using electoral engineering and constitutional entrenchment to consolidate power in the face of popular discontent and resilient political opposition. This process of electoral and constitutional consolidation does not move forward unimpeded, … Read more

Enforcing International Law through Domestic Courts – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Enforcing International Law through Domestic Courts – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Since 8 October 2023, the day after Hamas’s attack on Israel, arms exports have been the subject of much debate. After spiking in 2023 (see report concerning Germany), exports have since declined. Governments in Canada, Belgium, Italy, and Spain have voluntarily suspended trade. Others, such as the Dutch Government, have done so after legal action … Read more

Op-Ed: “Standing for the Rule of Law? Judge Associations’ locus standi before EU Courts in Medel (T-530/22 to T-533/22)” – Go Health Pro

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Op-Ed: “Standing for the Rule of Law? Judge Associations’ locus standi before EU Courts in Medel (T-530/22 to T-533/22)” – Go Health Pro

Should judge associations have standing to challenge EU measures which allegedly breach judicial independence and the rule of law? This is the question to be decided on appeal by the Court of Justice following the Order of the General Court of 4 June 2024 in Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés (Medel) and … Read more

the Puigdemont case and the dialogue between courts – Official Blog of UNIO – Go Health Pro

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the Puigdemont case and the dialogue between courts – Official Blog of UNIO – Go Health Pro

Teresa Freixes (President of Citizens pro Europe and Jean Monnet Professor ad personam)             In recent weeks, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down judgments that shatter the assertion, so dear to some, that law cannot constrain policy. I am referring, essentially, to those that have considered the EU’s agricultural … Read more

Cumulation of design and copyright protection under Italian law: is the Italian Supreme Court’s approach in line with the CJEU case law? – Part Two – Go Health Pro

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Cumulation of design and copyright protection under Italian law: is the Italian Supreme Court’s approach in line with the CJEU case law? – Part Two – Go Health Pro

  Earlier this year, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) issued an order (Cass., ord. no.11413/2024) in a case concerning the protection by copyright of a lamp design. Part I of this post outlined the decisions issued as the case made its way through the Italian court system. Part II will now turn to the … Read more