Our article “Informal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making: A Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal” (with Prof. Piotr Tuleja) is now online first in @euconst.bsky.social It's great to have yearly feedback on informal institutions by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S157...

And another holiday read: Thomas Kleinlein comments on the KS&KD judgment of the Court of Justice and the 'normalisation' of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Read his not at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Deviations ultimately preserve the EU's macro-economic constitution, Hillary Hogan argues in her new piece on our journal, refacing on the shift from austerity to solidarity after Covid-19. Great open access holidays read at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The #HumanRightsDay collection has articles from @iclq.bsky.social, @ljil-leiden.bsky.social, @jlme-journal.bsky.social, @europeanlawopen.bsky.social, @ajil.bsky.social, @euconst.bsky.social,#HumanRightsDayand more. Find papers to expand your horizons and improve your own research: 🔗 https://cup.org/4rILzS7

A highly recommend read!

A long read on national competences and the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in the @euconst.bsky.social I tried to make sense of and refute claims that the Court must respect national competences when interpreting substantive EU law (many will be reminded of the “retained powers” formula…).

Stop the competence confusions, Dimitri Spieker argues in his new article. The vertical division of competencies does not and cannot constrain the CJEU's interpretation of EU law. Read the piece Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The question of judicial remedies for human rights violations in EU border management remain a complex one: in their new piece, Elmin Omičević and Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi discuss the potential of domestic remedies for 'righting wrongs at home'. Read Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In case you missed it -check out our last issue here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... With contributions from Marco Bassini, András Jakab, Paolo Amorosa, Aristel Skrbic, @pamilewska.bsky.social, Peter Hilpold and Andreas Knecht.

⌛ Less than 2 weeks until our exciting roundtable discussion on #Contextual Approaches to #Constitutional_Law in #Academic_Publishing with reps from 6 leading comparative con law journals, moderated by Prof @tomginsburg.bsky.social (Chicago) & chaired by CCC co-director Dr @davidvitale.bsky.social.

Paolo Amorosa reflects on the intellectual legacy of Cappelletti and Calamandrei and judicial review as social justice. Read his 'Before Integration through Law: Cappelletti and Calamandrei on Judicial Review as Social Justice, 1944–1957' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In this new case note, Andreas Knecht discuss the 2024 Bundesverfassungsgericht's decision on the 2% threshold in EPelections. Read 'Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On First View: @pamilewska.bsky.social analyzes the Real Madrid judgment of the Court of Justice. Read at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On 19 Nov 2025, 2pm GMT, we will host an online roundtable on #Contextual Approaches to #Constitutional_Law in #Academic_Publishing with reps from 6 leading comparative con law journals, moderated by Prof @tomginsburg.bsky.social (Chicago) & chaired by CCC co-director Dr @davidvitale.bsky.social.

And another case note out on First View: Peter Hilpold comments the CJEU's Western Sahara judgments of October 2024 and analyses how the EU Courts have furthered the right to self determination. Read his piece at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This judgment was about extending reinstatement of internal border controls within the Schengen area - so of interest to immigration law/policy too

A new case note: Aristel Skrbic discusses the Court of Justice's judgment in NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark and the need to separate the 'motor' and 'guardian' functions of the EU Commission. Don't miss it at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fresh out of the press: ECtHR judge András Jakab reflects on constitution-making procedures and different conceptions of legitimacy. Read the new piece at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In our last issue, @mwewerinke.bsky.social analyses the ECtHR judgment in KlimaSeniorinnen and climate protection obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Read - as always open access - at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Is the output produced by systems like ChatGPT constitutionally protected speech? Marco Bassini discusses constitutional coverage for generative AI output in this new article 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Back after the summer break with a new issue. Constitutional court appointments, admissibility requirements for citizens' initiatives, the Spanish judicial council crisis, academic freedom in EU law, and case notes on Mirin and KlimaSeniorinnen, all OpenAccess at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On First View: @alinatryfonidou.bsky.social discusses the Court of Justice's ruling in Mirin on the cross-border recognition of changes in legal sex of transgender persons. Read open access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Your Friday read 👇

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present my work on models of judicial review in equality jurisprudence at the EuConst Symposium. I am grateful to the other participants and discussants, in particular Prof. Silvia Suteu, for their insightful feedback and comments.

I hope the article contributes to ongoing debates on #EUmultilevelconstitutionalism and #EURuleofLaw. Very grateful to @euconst.bsky.social for publishing this piece

How has the EU mediated the judicial council crisis in Spain? Read more in this our new article by @mikelblue.bsky.social 👇

This Monday and Tuesday we met at Luiss in Rome for the 2025 EuConst Symposium, our yearly event for young European constitutional law scholars. We listened to many brilliant presentations on a wide range of European and comparative constitutional law topics.

What is the relationship between academic freedom, democracy and the rule of law in the EU legal order? And how can EU tools be mobilised to protect academic freedom? ‪@olgaceran.bsky.social answers these questions in our new article 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

4/4 6. "Regulating Migration at a Time of Populism. Women’s Rights as a Battleground in the European Populist Migration Legal Framework", Veronica Federico All #OpenAccess Here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

3/4 4. "The Rule of Law Crisis Was Always Gendered: The Anti-Gender Playbook in Europe", Silvia Suteu 5. "The Role of Science in the Constitutional Interpretation of Gender-Related Rights: Science For and Against the Risk of Populist Drifts?", Simone Penasa

2/3 1. "Introduction to the Special Section", Mara Malagodi, Elettra Stradella, and Stefano Osella 2. "Conceptualising the Link between Constitutional Degradation and Gender Populism", Mara Malagodi and Elettra Stradella 3. "Anti-Gender Constitutionalism", Ruth Rubio Marín

Check out our Special Section on #Gender #Populism and #ConstitutionalDegradation for @euconst.bsky.social co-edited w/ Elettra Stradella & Stefano Osella 1/3

Our new issue - as always, fully open access - here 👇

Delighted that our Special Section on “Gender, Populism and Constitutional Degradation“ for @euconst.bsky.social has just been published

Back with a new issue, including a special section on 'Gender, Populism and Constitutional Degradation' edited by Mara Malagodi, Stefano Osella and Elettra Stradella. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just in: Daniel Moeckli compares admissibility requirements and procedures for citizens' initiatives in Europe. Read it - as always - Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In this new review essay, Jacob van de Beeten discusses Paul Linden-Retek and Armin von Bogdandy's recent books on EU constitutionalism. Read 'Unfulfilled Promises: Reconstructing EU Constitutionalism in times of Crisis and Contestation' here 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How to restore the role of law in Poland after the systemic violations of judicial independence? In this new case note, Wojciech Piątek reflects on the ECtHR judgment in the 2023 Wałęsa case. Read at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Glad to have on our journal this great article by @amalsethi.bsky.social on constitutional court appointments in Europe. The piece makes a case for more politics in appointment procedures and develops a template for European constitutional systems. Don't miss it: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our call for papers closes next Monday. Apply before March 3 if you want to join us in Rome for our 2025 Symposium!

In case you missed it: we will host our 2025 EuConst Symposium at Luiss in Rome on June 24. Below our call for papers with deadline on March 3. We welcome submissions on European and comparative constitutional law, European fundamental rights law, and also papers with a more theoretical focus.

A forthcoming paper of mine in @euconst.bsky.social that makes a rather radical case for politicising appointments to Constitutional Courts in Europe in times when less politics and more technocracy seems to be the norm. @ssrn.bsky.social link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Also on our last issue: Pau Bossacoma Busquets engages with recent volumes of Signe Rehling Larsen, Stephen Tierney and Hèctor López Bofill on the constitutional theory of federalism and the European Union. Read the review essay at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How does the ECtHR balance animal welfare and religious freedom? Harriet Ní Chinnéide and Cathérine Van de Graaf discuss the Strasbourg Court decision in Executief van de Moslims van België and Others v Belgium. Open access in our latest issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Also in our new issue: Lorin-Johannes Wagner reflects on the CJEU judgment in Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet and the disruptive influence of EU law in nationality matters. Read his case note at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thank you @euconst.bsky.social for hosting my piece on the Lin judgment! 🇪🇺 This case note is part of my broader research on time and law, and it address an interesting ECJ case that specifies the Taricco case-law. I hope You enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing and discussing it!

In our new issue, Darren Harvey discusses the Court of Justice's decision in X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid on EU citizenship and derived rights of third country nationals. Read the open access case note at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

To celebrate our first week on BlueSky, here our new issue, with contributions on European constitutional identity, federalism and the EU, and on important judgments of the Court of Justice, the ECtHR and the German Constitutional Court. All Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Congratulations, Pablo for your new publication! Go give it a read at @euconst.bsky.social.

Is there an unamendable core of the EU Treaties? Pablo Cruz Mantilla de los Rios reflects on the whether European constitutional identity can and does work as an implicit limit to amending the EU Treaties. Read his new article at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...