The European construction in its widest sense, whether referring to the integration of the European Union (EU) or the development of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) system, has given rise to interesting ...
One of the most recently debated issues about the preliminary ruling procedure is about State liability for breaches of EU law by the judiciary. Stemming from the implications of three sets of cases by the Court of Justice ...
Alors que les négociations d’adhésion de l’Union européenne (UE) à la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme (CEDH ou Convention) sont en cours à la suite de réformes significatives de chacun des ordres juridiques ...
The Constitution of France is a welcome addition to the Hart Series on Constitutional Systems of the World. The Series provides up-to-date introductions to the major constitutional systems describing not only the current ...
Irish legal education is under increasing pressure to reform and reinvent itself in the face of various challenges, especially those implied by the Bologna process. In line with two of the main priorities of the process, ...
The demands of globalization have put greater pressure to internationalize the university law curriculum in order to prepare students as lawyers. This is particularly relevant in the context of the European Union. A ...
Constitutions are bound to evolve. A constitution which cannot change or adapt does not serve effectively its purpose since the values and principles it is based upon need to be 'brought to life' through interpretation, ...
On 29th May 2005, French citizens were asked the following question: "Approuvez-vous le projet de loi qui autorise la ratification du traité établissant une Constitution pour l’Europe?" (Do you approve of the Bill authorizing ...
The negotiations on accession of the EU to the ECHR successfully ended on April 5,
2013. While they remain, until accession, autonomous and separate from an
institutional point of view, the two European legal orders have ...