• TV Interview on AfD Party Ban Proceedings for Science Program »NANO«

    On July 3, 2025, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh was interviewed by journalist Marion Mück-Raab for the German science program »NANO« which is broadcasted on the public television channels »3sat« and »ZDF«. The interview addressed the question: “What…
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  • Alexander Gleixner wins SRH Social Impact Thesis Award 2025

    During the EBS graduation ceremony at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, the dissertation of our former research associate Alexander Gleixner on the topic »The Right to Non-Discriminatory Procedural Design«  was awarded the SRH Social Impact Thesis Award 2025. The work…
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  • Empowering Language with Clarity and Impact

    Emanuel V. Towfigh, Der Sprache zu Glanz und Wirkung verhelfen [Empowering Language with Clarity and Impact], in: STUD.JUR. 2025, issue 1, pp. 30-31 In issue 1/2025 of the German journal for law students STUD.JUR., Prof. Dr. Emanuel V.…
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  • Contributions in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education

    Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh explains the system of legal education in Germany in two articles: Emanuel V. Towfigh, History of Legal Education in Germany, in: Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education, Cheltenham 2025 (Edward Elgar), pp. 190-193.…
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  • Legal Opinion for the German Bundestag on an AfD Party Ban Procedure

    Photo: Deutscher Bundestag, Christian Hepp On 27 November, 2024, a group of 18 experts in constitutional law submitted an unsolicited opinion to the Committee on Internal Affairs and Home Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs of the…
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  • Borders, Citizenship, and Global Inequality: What Barriers, Pushbacks, and Passport Controls Reveal About Our Understanding of the Equality of Humankind

    Emanuel V. Towfigh und Niklas T. Weyl, Borders, Citizenship, and Global Inequality: What Barriers, Pushbacks, and Passport Controls Reveal About Our Understanding of the Equality of Humankind, published online in the German Law Journal on 12 November 2024.…
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  • Party and Political Financing under the Basic Law [German]

    Emanuel V. Towfigh and Benedikt Surmann, Parteien- und Politikfinanzierung unter dem Grundgesetz [Party and Political Financing under the Basic Law], in: JURA 2024, issue 11, pp. 1166-1178. In the public debate, the financing of political parties is a…
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  • AfD Party Ban: Informative Event in the German Bundestag

    On 7 November, 2024, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh was invited by the initiators of the motion for a decision by the German Bundestag on the »initiation of proceedings to determine the unconstitutionality of the AfD«—Martina Renner (party…
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