• ICON•S Annual Conference in Madrid

    From July 8 to 10, the annual conference of the ICON•S International Society of Public Law took place at the IE Law School in Madrid, Spain. The theme of the conference was »The Future of Public Law: Resilience,…
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  • »Dilemma of Difference«: Constitutional and socio-political perspectives of a more diverse constitutional state

    Emanuel V. Towfigh, »Dilemma of Difference«: Constitutional and socio-political perspectives of a more diverse constitutional state, in: Thym (ed.) Germany as a country of immigration, pp. 231-246. [German] »Germany as a country of immigration«. This statement in the…
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  • Would party ban proceedings against the »Alternative for Germany« (AfD) have any chance of success?

    Emanuel V. Towfigh and Svea Alberti, Hätte ein Parteiverbotsverfahren gegen die »Alternative für Deutschland« (AfD) Aussicht auf Erfolg? [German], in DVBl 2024, issue 10, pp. 601-109. In this new essay, Emanuel V. Towfigh and Svea Alberti examine whether…
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  • Review: Bezemek, Constitutionalism, 2030 [German]

    Christoph Bezemek (publ.), Constitutionalism 2030, Oxford: Hart Publishing 2022, 219 pages, 109.95 €, ISBN 978-1-50994-270-1 in: Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht (ZöR) 78 (2023), pp. 765-769 [in German] PDF (BiblioScout) PDF (local)   According to a common classification, innovation…
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  • Unilateral Resolution of Religious Constitutional Treaties by the Legislator (»Treaty Override«) [German]

    Emanuel V. Towfigh / Fabius Bonde, Einseitige Lösung von religionsverfassungsrechtlichen Verträgen durch den Gesetzgeber [Unilateral Resolution of Religious Constitutional Treaties by the Legislator] (»Treaty Override«), NJW 2023 (issue 52), pp. 3769 et seq. [German] Prof. Dr. Emanuel V.…
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  • A Right to Education in the State Constitution—Effective Fundamental Right or Constitutional Prose? [German]

    In their article Emanuel V. Towfigh and Alexander Gleixner present considerations for a right to education in the Hessian State Constitution. The article is based on a statement for the Hessian state parliament. Emanuel V. Towfigh/Alexander Gleixner, A…
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  • Cooperation and Corporation: the Development of a »General Corporate Law« [German]

    Emanuel V. Towfigh and Jan Zepf present reflections on a »general corporate law« in the current issue of JuristenZeitung (issue 21/2023 - in German): Private and public corporate law are based on common basic principles that become visible…
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  • Fireside Chat »Opportunities for Digital Learning and Teaching«

    On October 24, 2023, a fireside chat with Prof. Dr. Ann-Marie Kaulbach, Dr. Wendelin Neubert, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh and students on the topic »Opportunities of digital learning and teaching«: Can flipped classroom work in law studies?,…
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