📢 New article by Mathieu Leloup in ICON•S! 📰 @icon-s.bsky.social How do supranational courts reshape the domestic separation of powers? ⚖️🌍 It discusses how the case law of supranational courts forms a blueprint for domestic separation of powers🏛️ 🔗Open Access text: academic.oup.com/icon/article...

📢Latest article by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social is out in International & Comparative Law Quarterly! @iclq.bsky.social In this piece, Ondřej Kadlec explores two ways courts make use of their grand chambers — the Collective Control Model👥 and the Jurisprudential Model📚 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/43mm2DN

🏅 Congrats to @davidkosar.bsky.social awarded the Bronze Antonín Randa Medal for his work on judicial self-government and European judicial systems! The medal was presented by the Union of Czech Lawyers (Jednota českých právníků) in Prague’s Karolinum. 🔗 www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/183...

📖 Last week, Attila Vincze participated in the Erasmus programme at the University of Würzburg, where he delivered lectures on European Administrative Law. The visit provided an excellent opportunity for academic exchange and discussions with students and colleagues 🍂

🚨 New Working Paper drop! 🚨 Mathieu Leloup explores how fundamental rights can reshape government architecture through the idea of structural rights — rights that, when enforced, directly alter institutions and the separation of powers. Read more 👉 justin.law.muni.cz/media/396614...

📢 Our second article in Common Market Law Review! Insight the ECJ’s NFK judgment — a key episode in Hungary’s usufruct saga 🏛️ It highlights the real-world stakes of legal uncertainty, showing how EU law safeguards fundamental rights ⚖️ 👉 Read more here: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

📢 One of our two new articles in Common Market Law Review! In its Grand Chamber judgment CV v Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, the ECJ reshaped the concept of safe country of origin in EU asylum 🏛 This sparked debates on the limits of judicial power ⚖️ 👉 Read more: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

Last week @davidkosar.bsky.social joined the ELU-S 2025 Conference in Prague hosted by Charles University Law Faculty. He presented: 👉 Perceptions of Judicial Governance in Europe 👉 Embedding Strategies of the European Apex Courts Big thanks to @elu-society.bsky.social for such an inspiring event!

Exciting news: Patrick Leisure is a re:constitution Fellow 2025/26! 🎉 His project explores states’ positive obligations under the ECHR & schools, inspired by Amy Guttman’s Democratic Education. He follows colleagues @katarinasipulova.bsky.social & @ehanelt.bsky.social from last year. See link below👇

📢 Check out the new publication by @davidkosar.bsky.social in German Law Journal, Special Issue: Constitutional Judging under Pressure📰 The article explores strategies European apex courts can use to strengthen public trust through communication ⚖️ 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Yesterday @ehanelt.bsky.social & @fzillessen.bsky.social (Verfassungsblog’s Judicial Resilience Project) brought a paper "Analysing Democratic Backsliding Before It Happens: Studying Judicial Resilience in Germany Through Scenario Analysis" 🔗Follow the project on: verfassungsblog.de/justiz-proje...

Our @hamriklukas.bsky.social took the stage at @uaces.bsky.social in Liverpool🎶– home of The Beatles! 📃Paper: 'Rule of Law as a New Cleavage in EU Politics? Political Parties’ Responsiveness to the Democratic Backsliding in the European Union' When it comes to democracy, we can’t just “Let It Be!"

📢 @davidkosar.bsky.social & Patrick Leisure introduce the concept of judicial overstay ⚖️ and argue that we should pay more attention to this transnational phenomenon 🌍. 📖 Read their new article on the IACL blog ✍️📰 🔗 blog-iacl-aidc.org/2025-posts/2...

📢We joined the ECPR General Conference 2025 in Thessaloniki! David Kosař, Attila Vincze, @hamriklukas.bsky.social & Ondřej Kadlec presented papers on topics from judicial overstay, court governance digital transformation to (in)formal judicial institutions. Thank you @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social

Last, but not least @davidkosar.bsky.social chaired the panel 'Fixing the Bench' and presented a paper 'Judicial Overstay' co-authored with Patrick Leisure.

Another great contribution from our team at #ecprgc25! 👏 Ondřej Kadlec presented his paper 'From Rule- To Data- And Code-Based Judicial Administration: The Digital Transformation of Court Governance in Europe', highlighting how digitalization is reshaping judicial governance. #LawAndCourts

Proud to see two members of our team contributing to the debate on how formal and informal judicial institutions interact! 👏 Attila Vincze and @hamriklukas.bsky.social brought important insights at the ECPR conference in Thessaloniki, Greece #ecprgc25.

📢 New article in ICON•S journal by @efieldingd.bsky.social, Rosalind Dixon & @davidkosar.bsky.social. It explores how chief justices maintain legitimacy and resilience, particulary in times of democratic backsliding⚖️ 🔗 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/icon... #icon-s #jusdiciary #democracy

Our colleague @hamriklukas.bsky.social has contributed a chapter to the book The 2024 European Parliament Elections! 📚✨ His chapter examines the process behind the election of the European Comission🔍🏛️ 👉 Check it out and discover the fascinating insights! 🔗 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

📢 Proud of our JUSTIN team at #ICON_S2025 in Brasília! @hamriklukas.bsky.social & David Kosař presented 4 papers, chaired/discussed key panels, and convened a major Interest Group. Lucie Vodvářková & Monika Hanych also represented our Faculty of Law with excellence. 👏

According to The 2024 Annual Report of the Courts Service, Ireland has: 📌238 courtrooms 📌195 judges The 2023 Courts Bill promised 40 more judges, but progress is slow @hubertsmekal.bsky.social said: 👉"Plans to boost judiciary numbers are always around, but putting them into practice isn't easy."

📢Just back from Trento, where NET-ROL @net-rol.bsky.social project kicked off Our team member Samuel Spáč presented planned acitvities within our Work Package on judicial and prosecutorial autonomy⚖️ NET-ROL explores how informal networks can support or erode democratic governance🏛️ #democracy #law

📢 @davidkosar.bsky.social & @katarinasipulova.bsky.social latest publication explores how chief justices are using supranational institutions to resist democratic backsliding. 🔗 Read more here: academic.oup.com/icon/article...