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Verfassungsblog – On Matters Constitutional

An academic and journalistic open access forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space and beyond.

  • Based in Germany
  • Roughly five posts per day
  • First post on

Posts per month

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Nov 2022 15
Dec 2022 97
Jan 2023 62
Feb 2023 77
Mar 2023 79
Apr 2023 54
May 2023 93
Jun 2023 83
Jul 2023 67
Aug 2023 37
Sep 2023 67
Oct 2023 74
Nov 2023 72
Dec 2023 82
Jan 2024 69
Feb 2024 104
Mar 2024 92
Apr 2024 117
May 2024 99
Jun 2024 83
Jul 2024 103
Aug 2024 69
Sep 2024 81
Oct 2024 52

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Legislating Reproductive Rights
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 …
On , by Eloísa Machado de Almeida, 1,047 words
Limiting ‘Security’ as a Justification in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion
Security as both a legal and political concept allows the limitation and sometimes even derogation from legal rules; these departures are not absolute and have parameters. Yet, States often invoke security to justify disproportionate and …
On , by Jinan Bastaki, 2,122 words
Security Considerations, the Duty to End Belligerent Occupations and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israeli practices and policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its advisory opinion the ICJ held by a vote of 11:4 that “the State of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful” and that “the State of Israel is under an …
On , by Yuval Shany, 3,054 words