Non-Recognition and Non-Assistance – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Non-Recognition and Non-Assistance – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Consequences of the Palestine Advisory Opinion for Third States The Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 on Israel’s occupation of Palestine must have had international law experts advising foreign ministries around the world working extra hours. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) not only made it crystal clear that Israeli occupation is illegal in every … Read more

Third State obligations in the ICJ Advisory Opinion – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Third State obligations in the ICJ Advisory Opinion – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Implications for the United Kingdom and Cyprus On 2 September 2024, the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy faced a series of questions in Parliament on the UK’s arms and surveillance support to Israel through its military bases in Cyprus. Referring to the recent decisions by the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court), the … Read more

Legislating Reproductive Rights – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Legislating Reproductive Rights – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Brazil’s Institutional Battle Over Abortion Laws In May, the Brazilian parliament introduced a bill that included a gestational age limit for performing abortions, even in cases where the pregnancy resulted from rape. In practice, the bill would criminalize women who were victims of sexual violence, especially young girls. The proposal triggered a strong reaction from … Read more

Uber knows. Do you? – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Uber knows. Do you? – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

With the example of Uber, I illustrate how law shapes and is shaped by the contemporary, dominant economic system and, thereby, co-constitutes  its core features, such as, work, market and social hierarchies. Responsible legal research acknowledges this. LPE research concretizes it and analyzes if and how law could be used to co-organize a more emancipatory … Read more

Halbgare Würste – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Halbgare Würste – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Bekanntlich sind Gesetze wie Würste. Doch dass man – anders als nach dem Otto von Bismarck zugeschriebenen Zitat – bei beiden durchaus dabei sein sollte, wenn sie gemacht werden, zeigt die momentane Reform des Tierschutzgesetzes (TierSchG). Beworben als umfangreichste tierschutzrechtliche Reform „seit vielen Jahren“, „seit zehn Jahren“ oder „der vergangenen Jahrzehnte“, fand am 26. September … Read more

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