Looking for a summer reading? Georgios Anagnostaras writes on the judgment of the Court of Justice in Commission v Poland of last December and the Court's defence of legal and judicial primacy. Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Defending Legal and Judicial Primacy against Ultra Vires and National Constitutional Identity Claims | European Constitutional Law Review | Cambridge Core

Defending Legal and Judicial Primacy against Ultra Vires and National Constitutional Identity Claims

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How to understand the current troubles of democracy? In his new review essay, Nik de Boer reflects on three recent books on democratic backsliding and how to respond to it. Read the review here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Making Sense of Democracy’s Distress | European Constitutional Law Review | Cambridge Core

Making Sense of Democracy’s Distress

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In our new case note, Giulio Dipietro discusses the decision of the Court of Justice in Barało and the distinctive characteristics of EU legislation giving concrete expression to fundamental right. Read Open Access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Explore an updated collection of popular articles in #EuropeanLaw from across Cambridge's law journals, entirely #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/4eLCy4T @europeanlawopen.bsky.social @iclq.bsky.social @euconst.bsky.social @cy-els.bsky.social

Revisiting Brexit ten years later: Federico Fabbrini reviews Oliver Garner's book on 'Constitutional Disintegration and Disruption: Withdrawal and Opt-Out from the European Union. Read, as always Open Access, at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

For our review essay section: Paul Craig reflects on Federico Fabbrini's 'The EU Constitution in Time of War: Legal Responses to Russia’s Aggression against Ukraine'. Read Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Court of Justice's judgment in Commission v Malta on the citizenship by investment scheme continues to attract academic attention. Please to publish, in our new case note, Hanneke van Eijken's contribution to the discussion. Read Open Access on our journal: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The sun is out and we celebrate with our 1st issue of 2026. With articles on the EuCo and judicial review, the European Health Data Space Regulation, case notes on judicial independence, voting rights of EU citizens, and EU fundamental rights, and more. Read OA at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In our new issue: Stefan Salomon reviews Isaac Stanley-Becker 'A Europe Without Borders' and the ambivalent history of the Schengen system. Read open access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And a new case note: Stephen Coutts discusses the rulings of the Court of Justice against the Czech Republic and Poland on the voting rights of mobile EU citizens. Read 'Union Citizenship as a Status of Political Integration' at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Not just one, but four new brilliant pieces available as of today on First View. Anna Fiorentini writes on the European Health Data Space Regulation, and three case notes by Luigi Lonardo, Lorenzo Grossio and Urszula Jaremba & Małgorzata Kozak. Read OpenAccess at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Don't miss our call for papers for the 2026 EuConst Symposium, which we will be hosted by the University of Hamburg on June 18 and 19. We welcome abstracts on any theme of European and comparative constitutional law. Application deadline March 3, all info at www.cambridge.org/core/journal....

Our article “Informal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making: A Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal” (with Prof. Piotr Tuleja) is now online first in @euconst.bsky.social It's great to have yearly feedback on informal institutions by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S157...

And another holiday read: Thomas Kleinlein comments on the KS&KD judgment of the Court of Justice and the 'normalisation' of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Read his not at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Deviations ultimately preserve the EU's macro-economic constitution, Hillary Hogan argues in her new piece on our journal, refacing on the shift from austerity to solidarity after Covid-19. Great open access holidays read at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The #HumanRightsDay collection has articles from @iclq.bsky.social, @ljil-leiden.bsky.social, @jlme-journal.bsky.social, @europeanlawopen.bsky.social, @ajil.bsky.social, @euconst.bsky.social, and more. Find papers to expand your horizons and improve your own research: 🔗 https://cup.org/4rILzS7

A highly recommend read!

Dimitri Spieker@dimitrispieker.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A long read on national competences and the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in the @euconst.bsky.social I tried to make sense of and refute claims that the Court must respect national competences when interpreting substantive EU law (many will be reminded of the “retained powers” formula…).

A long read on national competences and the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social in the @euconst.bsky.social I tried to make sense of and refute claims that the Court must respect national competences when interpreting substantive EU law (many will be reminded of the “retained powers” formula…).

European Constitutional Law Review@euconst.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Stop the competence confusions, Dimitri Spieker argues in his new article. The vertical division of competencies does not and cannot constrain the CJEU's interpretation of EU law. Read the piece Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Stop the competence confusions, Dimitri Spieker argues in his new article. The vertical division of competencies does not and cannot constrain the CJEU's interpretation of EU law. Read the piece Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The question of judicial remedies for human rights violations in EU border management remain a complex one: in their new piece, Elmin Omičević and Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi discuss the potential of domestic remedies for 'righting wrongs at home'. Read Open Access at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In case you missed it -check out our last issue here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... With contributions from Marco Bassini, András Jakab, Paolo Amorosa, Aristel Skrbic, @pamilewska.bsky.social, Peter Hilpold and Andreas Knecht.

⌛ Less than 2 weeks until our exciting roundtable discussion on #Contextual Approaches to #Constitutional_Law in #Academic_Publishing with reps from 6 leading comparative con law journals, moderated by Prof @tomginsburg.bsky.social (Chicago) & chaired by CCC co-director Dr @davidvitale.bsky.social.

Paolo Amorosa reflects on the intellectual legacy of Cappelletti and Calamandrei and judicial review as social justice. Read his 'Before Integration through Law: Cappelletti and Calamandrei on Judicial Review as Social Justice, 1944–1957' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In this new case note, Andreas Knecht discuss the 2024 Bundesverfassungsgericht's decision on the 2% threshold in EPelections. Read 'Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On First View: @pamilewska.bsky.social analyzes the Real Madrid judgment of the Court of Justice. Read at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Paulina Milewska@pamilewska.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New baby is out: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

On 19 Nov 2025, 2pm GMT, we will host an online roundtable on #Contextual Approaches to #Constitutional_Law in #Academic_Publishing with reps from 6 leading comparative con law journals, moderated by Prof @tomginsburg.bsky.social (Chicago) & chaired by CCC co-director Dr @davidvitale.bsky.social.

And another case note out on First View: Peter Hilpold comments the CJEU's Western Sahara judgments of October 2024 and analyses how the EU Courts have furthered the right to self determination. Read his piece at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This judgment was about extending reinstatement of internal border controls within the Schengen area - so of interest to immigration law/policy too

European Constitutional Law Review@euconst.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A new case note: Aristel Skrbic discusses the Court of Justice's judgment in NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark and the need to separate the 'motor' and 'guardian' functions of the EU Commission. Don't miss it at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new case note: Aristel Skrbic discusses the Court of Justice's judgment in NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark and the need to separate the 'motor' and 'guardian' functions of the EU Commission. Don't miss it at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fresh out of the press: ECtHR judge András Jakab reflects on constitution-making procedures and different conceptions of legitimacy. Read the new piece at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...