EU Autonomy: Jurisdictional Sovereignty by a Different Name?

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Jurisdictional sovereignty: a core element of an elusive concept. – III. EU autonomy as construed by the Court of Justice. – IV. Jurisdictional sovereignty of the EU as a legal construction. – V. Concluding reflections on the Court’s autonomy conception in context.

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Two Faces of the Polish Supreme Court After “Reforms” of the Judiciary System in Poland: The Question of Judicial Independence and Appointments

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The “reforms” of the national council of judiciary and the Supreme Court. – III. The Court of Justice judgment. – IV. The EU-friendly face of the Supreme Court. – V. The restrained face of the Supreme Court. – VI. Conclusions.

Abstract: The present ...

Poland Before the Court of Justice: Limitless or Limited Case Law on Art. 19 TEU?

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The broad interpretation of Art. 19 TEU. – II.1. An ideal holistic approach to judicial independence. – II.2. The broadening of the material scope of Art. 19 TEU. – III. The paradox of the limited effects of the case law on Art. 19 TEU. – III.1. An unlikely limit: denying Art. 19 TEU direct effect. – III.2....

History and Interpretation in the Fundamental Law of Hungary

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Historical constitution. – III. Constitutional identity. – IV. Christian culture. – V. History and interpretation. – V.1. Achievements of the historical constitution. – V.2. Constitutional identity. – V.3. Christian culture. – VI. Conclusion: partisan tendencies and neutralising efforts....

The Crime of Genocide Against the Lithuanian Partisans: A Dialogue Between the Council of Europe and the Lithuanian Courts

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Historical background. – III. The ruling of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania of 18 March 2014 and the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Vasiliauskas v. Lithuania – their impact on the case-law of the Lithuanian courts in the genocide cases – III....

Historians, Memory Laws, and the Politics of the Past

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Table of Contents: I. Historians against memory laws. – II. Historical memory and criminal law. – III. Universal values and particularistic memories. – IV. Populism and memory in Eastern Europe – V. Concluding remarks.

Abstract: This Article examines historians’ protests against memory...

Historical Memory in Post-communist Europe and the Rule of Law: An Introduction

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Table of Contents: I. Introductory remarks. – II. The governance of historical memory in Europe. – III. The rule of law. – VI. Memory governance and the rule of law. – V. Concluding remarks.

Abstract: The legal governance of historical memory in Eastern and Central Europe has grown exponentially...

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