We are pleased to announce that the Baldy Center is inviting Fellowship applications for 2017-19. Baldy Center Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies are available to post-doctoral, mid-career, and senior scholars. This year’s application is due January 17, 2017. It is important that all applications be submitted through our web-based system, both so that we can track all … Continue reading
The Institute of European Law is an institute, within the meaning of Art. 86 of the Statutes of 31 March 2000 of the University of Fribourg, attached to the Faculty of Law of the University of Fribourg. Emerged from the “Forschungsstelle für Europarecht” (1989), the Institute was found in 1995. The main objectives of the Institute … Continue reading
Women in Poland go on strike to protest planned changes to abortion legislation. In the Spring Semester 2016, the Comparative Constitutional Law class examined in one session, developments in abortion laws in the US and Ireland as well as historically examined the concept of reproductive rights in the light of religion and the role of women and gender constructions … Continue reading
The 22nd Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), New York, 4-6 May 2017 Panel organizers: Valery Perry, Soeren Keil Efforts to prevent or counter violent extremism (PVE/CVE) have grown in prominence over the past several years as political leaders globally react to popular domestic fears and security concerns related … Continue reading
Aktuell | Lehrstuhl Prof. Eva Maria Belser Der Lehrstuhl für öffentliches Recht I (Verfassungsrecht) von Frau Prof. Belser sucht TUTORINNEN und TUTOREN für das Frühlingssemester 2017 Wir suchen für das Frühlingssemester 2017 TUTORINNEN und TUTOREN für das öffentliche Recht I (Verfassungsrecht). Als Tutorin oder Tutor betreuen Sie während des Frühlingssemesters 2017 eine Gruppe von ca. … Continue reading
Last Sunday, Swiss voters were asked again to decide upon different matters of their country’s itnerests. Democracy has spoken again. What did the people of Switzerland decide upon? Check out the following link to have a better understanding on what Swiss voters saw fit to either change or not in their Constitution. Continue reading
By Mong Palatino August 17, 2016 (Source: The Diplomat) Thailand’s ruling junta got what it wanted on August 7: the public approval of a constitution that will reinforce military rule in the country. The same constitution also contains provisions that could further curtail the people’s right to freedom of expression. Some are questioning the result of the referendum because the opposition was prevented by … Continue reading
The military-written Constitution has been approved in Thailand. This not without criticism. Will it lead to stability? Here is all you need to know. (Source: The Time/Image Credit: Flickr/Prachatai) Continue reading
Students in the last comparative constitutional law class in Spring Semester 2016 had the opportunity to discuss the constitutional crisis in Poland with respect to Poland’s constitutional court. Once again the Court has reiterated that parts of the law on the constitutional court are unconstitutional but Parliament does not seem ruffled and has refused to publish … Continue reading
Roughly half of the country is reeling this morning from the news that the people of United Kingdom have voted — by a narrow but clear majority — to leave the European Union. There is a great deal to be said about what might happen next, and I expect to post regularly as events unfold … Continue reading
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