The European Arrest Warrant, Third Pillar Law and National Constitutional Resistance/Acceptance by Zdenek Kuhn

“…A specific regime of European ‘constitutional tolerance’ involves constitutional and methodological pluralism among the Union and its Members, including the plurality of views on what is, and whether there is any, Grundnorm of the legal system, or who is the final arbiter of European Constitutionalism. …”
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State, Constitution, and Parliament: Three Axes of the Spanish Constitutional Debate of 1931 by Francisco J. Bellido

“…In the first section (“European influences on the Constitution of 1931”) the intellectual links with interwar trends of public law, administrative law and European constitutionalism are highlighted. The second section (“Constitution and Parliament according to Spanish representatives”), shows the meanings given to this nascent constitutional democracy by MPs. …”
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Hungary, Poland and the “Community of Fate” by Jake Goodman-Palmer

“…Not only did the ruling uphold the regime of conditionality for the protection of the EU budget; it also entered into the domain of European constitutional identity. Instead of undermining the European commitment to the rule of law, Poland and Hungary may have inadvertently consolidated the place of rule of law in the heart of EU identity.…”
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An Advanced Course in Court Packing: Hungary’s New Law on Administrative Courts by Renáta Uitz

“…<p>The design and establishment of the new Hungarian administrative judiciary provides insight into a new style of engineering illiberal constitutional democracy through dialogue with European constitutional actors. It is not simply the case that Hungary is undertaking judicial reform while the Article 7 TEU process is on its way. …”
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Responsibility in International Law: General Principle or Institution of Customary Law? by Czaplińska Anna

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Some Remarks on State Immunity and Professor Wolfke’s Concept of International Customary Law by Wyrozumska Anna

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The Deficiencies Judgment: Postponing the Constitutional Moment by Matteo Bonelli

“…The Court made it clear that ‘red lines’ already exist in European constitutional law, and that it is willing to operationalize them. …”
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TRADIȚIA CONSTITUȚIONALĂ ROMÂNEASCĂ ÎN GÂNDIREA GENERAȚIEI MARII UNIRI by CRISTIAN-ION POPA

“…This article is conceived as follows: After a brief Introduction to the great debate on the new Constitution of Romania and the new European Constitutions organized by the Romanian Social Institute during December 18, 1921 – June 4, 1922, the article offers a critical presentation of the Romanian constitutional tradition until the Great Union and, finally, an extensive analysis on the lectures held by some prominent Romanian public intellectuals and politicians in the context of the debate around the adoption of the Constitution of 1923.…”
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Democrazia e partecipazione in America Latina: il contributo del Defensor del pueblo al rispetto dei diritti dei popoli indigeni by Sabrina Lanni

“…The Latin-American constitutional reforms, concerning the recognition of indigenous people’s rights, promote a multicultural state and a participatory concept of democracy, it makes the European constitutional law hallmarks. historically dated. …”
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The Perils of Passivity in the Rule of Law Crisis: A Response to von Bogdandy by R. Daniel Kelemen, Tommaso Pavone, Cassandra Emmons

“…<p>In a recent contribution to Verfassungsblog, Professor Armin von Bogdandy observes, “European constitutionalism is perhaps facing a ‘constitutional moment’. …”
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The Soviet Famine and Criminalising “Denialism” by Aytekin Kaan Kurtul

“…<p>The precedent set by international human rights law and the case law of European constitutional courts allows the exceptional criminalisation of Holocaust denial. …”
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Finally: The CJEU Defends Academic Freedom by Renáta Uitz

“…The initial surprise is a thing of the past: over the years the Hungarian government has built some defenses of its own, using familiar components of the European constitutional architecture in service of illiberal democracy.…”
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How to Protect European Values: Assessing European Responses to Recent Reforms in Poland by Maximilian Steinbeis

“…Are the new mechanism and the evaluation by an expert body fit to protect European constitutional values? A conference organized by the Max Planck Society and Verfassungsblog searches for answers.…”
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The EMU is Done. How about the Fiscal Union and the Next Future of the United Europe? by Liviu C. Andrei

“…Will this go well in the aftermath of the “No” for the new European constitutional project by several nations and for the Lisboa Treaty by the Irish people? …”
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The role of Constitutional Court in the development of Italian and Serbian constitutional systems by Orlović Slobodan P., Rajić Nataša N.

“…The special focus will be put on the role of the Italian Constitutional court in protection of constitutional identity which seems to have the key role in the development of the European constitutionalism today.…”
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The EMU is Done. How about the Fiscal Union and the Next Future of the United Europe? by Liviu C. Andrei

“…Will this go well in the aftermath of the “No” for the new European constitutional project by several nations and for the Lisboa Treaty by the Irish people? …”
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Poland, Hungary and Europe: Pre-Article 7 Hopes and Concerns by Renáta Uitz

“…<p>The European Commission’s opening of a rule of law dialogue with Poland in the new pre-Article 7 format developed last year is an important test of European constitutionalism both on the EU and on the Member State level. …”
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Constitutional Innovation, Democratic Stagnation? by Francesco Costamagna, Matthias Goldmann

“…The proposals are masterpieces of high-tech legal engineering. Again, European constitutional law evolves through crisis. Yet, again, it stands to reason how far the proposed instruments will shift the European Union towards enhancing solidarity and democracy. …”
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THE ACTION IN TIME OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS’ DECISIONS by VALENTINA BĂRBĂŢEANU

“…This study intends to analyze the action in time of the decisions of some European constitutional jurisdiction.…”
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Drawing Red Lines and Giving (Some) Bite – the CJEU’s Deficiencies Judgment on the European Rule of Law by Armin von Bogdandy, Piotr Bogdanowicz, Iris Canor, Matthias Schmidt, Maciej Taborowski

“…If the Polish emblematic development is not resisted, illiberal democracies might start co-defining the European constitutional order, in particular, its rule of law-value in Article 2 TEU. …”
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