We should notice what Rubio is saying. My post at Verfassungsblog.

A very good piece in EJIL Talk! I would add one note on sovereign immunity. Given that the US government has refused to accept the opposition candidate as the rightful President of Venezuela, then Maduro is the sitting Head of State and the US courts cannot try him! www.ejiltalk.org/trumps-illeg...

Shocking ruling from Justice Amy Coney Barrett, very sad day for the US Supreme Court and for the rule of law. The Supreme Court’s Intolerable Ruling www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

The Trump administration's outrageous statements about judges and courts have created a constitutional crisis. Is the US spinning out of control? www.reuters.com/legal/us-chi...

The President of the ECHR, Marko Bošnjak, held a press conference on 31 January 2025. After presenting the results of the Court’s activities and statistics for 2024, he took questions from journalists alongside Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court. tinyurl.com/bdhtxd5j #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

Are there any English judges here? There is a howler in the document “The Judicial System of England and Wales” (2016, but still on the website). It is NOT true that in the civil law “defendants … are considered guilty until proven innocent”. What ignorant nonsense!

How can you pardon someone who has not been convicted? Makes no logical sense. Is it lawful?

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

Trump frees people from their inhibitions and makes them show themselves in all honesty and openness. This one was from the heart. Duly noted!

A day of infamy for American Democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...

A great man. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Happy New Year!

On 5/12, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by 🇬🇷Greek authorities. The case, brought by PM’s nephew Grigoris Dimitriadis fits into the category of cases referred to as SLAPPs, writes @evacosse.bsky.social. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

An exception is the recent masterpiece by Fintan O'Toole in the @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social 'The Second Coming'

An excellent article on Rawls and modern politics. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...

Nice evening in Abu Dhabi (is this finally the place for pleasant photos?)

Important background to ICC warrant, it is not about legality of the war but only about its conduct: “Why we support ICC prosecutions for crimes in Israel and Gaza”  on.ft.com/3KbVaMJ

My favourite paper: “Natural Reason and the Ethical Foundations of European Law”. geopolitique.eu/en/articles/...

My recent (2023) paper on the nature of EU law has almost 5000 views on the European Papers site. Are there that many EU lawyers? www.europeanpapers.eu/en/e-journal...

For Greek readers: my latest article, on Greek institutional failings. www.kreport.gr/2024/11/17/m...

First post at Blue Sky