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Carolyn Moser, 22 September
The war in Ukraine and its repercussions on Europe’s “security and defence constitution”Philipp B. Donath, 26 February 2021
"They're not little adults": the struggle for proper and standalone children's rights in the German Basic LawHolger Hestermeyer, 30 April 2020
Coronavirus Lockdown-Measures before the German Constitutional Court15 December 2021
Op-Ed: COVID challenges the system of German federalism13 January 2021
Germany amends constitution to include children's rights
Constitutional scholar reflects upon rising political pressure on courts26 September 2018
Dieter Grimm LL.M. ’65, a former justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, returned to Harvard Law School on September 18 to speak on “Courts unde…
In Germany, legal experts urge updates to the Basic Law23 August 2018
Germany’s Grundgesetz, or Basic Law, is widely regarded as one of the best constitutions in the world. With Germany in ruins and disgrace just three years after…
Op-ed: What place should the environment have in the constitution?11 July 2018
On 10th July, French MPs will vote on a symbolic measure: an amendment championed by Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot, which proposes to include “the preservation…
Constitution building in 2017 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field 14 December 2017
Introduction
Constitution building is often described as unfolding in ‘waves’. Nevertheless, the number of constitutional reform processes happening in any g…
Germany ConCourt strikes down increased telephone charges for inmates as unconstitutional29 November 2017
The Germany Federal Constitutional Courton Tuesday ruled against increased prices for telephone calls for prisoners.
The complaint was brought by an inmate af…
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