Julian Scholtes
@jscholt.bsky.social
Lecturer in Public Law, University of Glasgow — interested in comparative and EU constitutional law and constitutional theory — new book: bit.ly/3HEtdfM
at least they're honest
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
at least they're honest
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📢 Freeing Constitutional Identity
@jscholt.bsky.social reads Solange I as a groundbreaking judgment on constitutional identity, arguing why constitutionaly identity does not need to be linked to unamendability. A truly interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... #ZaöRV
@jscholt.bsky.social reads Solange I as a groundbreaking judgment on constitutional identity, arguing why constitutionaly identity does not need to be linked to unamendability. A truly interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... #ZaöRV
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📢 Freeing Constitutional Identity
@jscholt.bsky.social reads Solange I as a groundbreaking judgment on constitutional identity, arguing why constitutionaly identity does not need to be linked to unamendability. A truly interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... #ZaöRV
@jscholt.bsky.social reads Solange I as a groundbreaking judgment on constitutional identity, arguing why constitutionaly identity does not need to be linked to unamendability. A truly interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/... #ZaöRV
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The whoooooooooooole shebang is out with @europeanlawopen.bsky.social.
Everything you wanted to know about Marxism and EU law, but were afraid to ask.
Everything you wanted to know about Marxism and EU law, but were afraid to ask.
New symposium out now🎉
Edited by @pashukanist.bsky.social, @nanoboss.bsky.social + me in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social seeks to introduce Marxist approaches to EU law scholarship.
Read now 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🧵 (1/9) A thread on the symposium (please share!)
Edited by @pashukanist.bsky.social, @nanoboss.bsky.social + me in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social seeks to introduce Marxist approaches to EU law scholarship.
Read now 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🧵 (1/9) A thread on the symposium (please share!)
August 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The whoooooooooooole shebang is out with @europeanlawopen.bsky.social.
Everything you wanted to know about Marxism and EU law, but were afraid to ask.
Everything you wanted to know about Marxism and EU law, but were afraid to ask.
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What is the role of law in the Gaza war?
To OR BASSOK, the reality in Israel is not a story of a struggle between those who speak in the name of law against the lawless Behemoth.
It's more complex than that: both sides are speaking the language of law.
verfassungsblog.de/fraenkel-isr...
To OR BASSOK, the reality in Israel is not a story of a struggle between those who speak in the name of law against the lawless Behemoth.
It's more complex than that: both sides are speaking the language of law.
verfassungsblog.de/fraenkel-isr...
August 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
What is the role of law in the Gaza war?
To OR BASSOK, the reality in Israel is not a story of a struggle between those who speak in the name of law against the lawless Behemoth.
It's more complex than that: both sides are speaking the language of law.
verfassungsblog.de/fraenkel-isr...
To OR BASSOK, the reality in Israel is not a story of a struggle between those who speak in the name of law against the lawless Behemoth.
It's more complex than that: both sides are speaking the language of law.
verfassungsblog.de/fraenkel-isr...
My newest in the Hague J on the Rule of Law: a critical study of the work of the Venice Commission. I argue that aspects of the VC's work sheds light on our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism, emphasising above all an East-West binary.
Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Venice Commission and the Mental Map of European Constitutionalism - Hague Journal on the Rule of Law
The Venice Commission is known to differentiate its constitutional advice depending on whether a state is considered a ‘new’ or an ‘established’ democracy. This article gives an account of the distinc...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My newest in the Hague J on the Rule of Law: a critical study of the work of the Venice Commission. I argue that aspects of the VC's work sheds light on our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism, emphasising above all an East-West binary.
Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excited to be on research leave for the next six months – the first unfettered research time I've had in four years. I'm looking at an open field with many ideas but no clear plan yet, which makes it all the more exciting. If you've ever wanted to get in touch on research matters, now is the time!
July 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excited to be on research leave for the next six months – the first unfettered research time I've had in four years. I'm looking at an open field with many ideas but no clear plan yet, which makes it all the more exciting. If you've ever wanted to get in touch on research matters, now is the time!
New article out in @zaoerv.bsky.social as part of a special issue on the 50th anniversary of the German CC's Solange I judgment. Read it here: doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2025-2-547
Freeing Constitutional Identity from Unamendability: Solange I as a Constitutional Identity Judgment - Nomos eLibrary
doi.org
June 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New article out in @zaoerv.bsky.social as part of a special issue on the 50th anniversary of the German CC's Solange I judgment. Read it here: doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2025-2-547
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This (and related measures in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - FSJ) causes yet another conceptual headache for understanding the Windsor Framework (like we didn't have enough). 1/
Blogged
Towards a Euro-Rwanda policy?
The proposed new EU law rules on 'safe third countries': eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/towa...
Towards a Euro-Rwanda policy?
The proposed new EU law rules on 'safe third countries': eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/towa...
Towards a Euro-Rwanda policy? The proposed new EU asylum law rules on ‘safe third countries’
Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Home Office, via Wikimedia Commons – the former Home Secreta...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This (and related measures in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - FSJ) causes yet another conceptual headache for understanding the Windsor Framework (like we didn't have enough). 1/
An intellectually fascinating (and entertaining) engagement with Armin von Bogdandy's 'European society' project by Martin Loughlin: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
An intellectually fascinating (and entertaining) engagement with Armin von Bogdandy's 'European society' project by Martin Loughlin: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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In our newest contribution to our symposium “Controversies over Methods in EU Law II” JENNIFER ORLANDO-SALLING explores how decolonial approaches in European Law offer a constructive space towards dialogue and reconstruction.
verfassungsblog.de/decolonialit...
verfassungsblog.de/decolonialit...
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In our newest contribution to our symposium “Controversies over Methods in EU Law II” JENNIFER ORLANDO-SALLING explores how decolonial approaches in European Law offer a constructive space towards dialogue and reconstruction.
verfassungsblog.de/decolonialit...
verfassungsblog.de/decolonialit...
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A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A Law Letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers
A coalition of legal academics have drafted a letter setting out our support for trans rights and our concerns about the FWS v Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling. We are opening it up for signature to ev...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More details 👇
#transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Glad to see this out on the UKCLA blog, especially as it shows that the Court completely neglected the HRA/ECHR arguments brought by Amnesty International in their submission. So, even taking at face value claims that this decision was 'purely' about statutory interpretation, it is seriously wanting
Crash Wigley: For Women Scotland: A Case of Significant Silences ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/06/c...
Crash Wigley: For Women Scotland: A Case of Significant Silences
For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 is a judgment that has triggered great public discussion about the position of trans people in Great Britain (for an interesting discussion of…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Glad to see this out on the UKCLA blog, especially as it shows that the Court completely neglected the HRA/ECHR arguments brought by Amnesty International in their submission. So, even taking at face value claims that this decision was 'purely' about statutory interpretation, it is seriously wanting
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Blogged
Pirates of the Mediterranean
The CJEU rules against Malta's investor citizenship law - my analysis: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/pira...
Pirates of the Mediterranean
The CJEU rules against Malta's investor citizenship law - my analysis: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/pira...
Pirates of the Mediterranean meet judges of the Kirchberg: the CJEU rules on Malta’s investor citizenship law
Steve Peers , Professor of Law, Royal Holloway University of London* Photo credit : Aldo Ardetti, via Wikimedia Commons *Thanks to Jus...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Blogged
Pirates of the Mediterranean
The CJEU rules against Malta's investor citizenship law - my analysis: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/pira...
Pirates of the Mediterranean
The CJEU rules against Malta's investor citizenship law - my analysis: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/pira...
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📄 New article:
Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus
Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus
Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
April 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📄 New article:
Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus
Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
Colonialism continues to shape the project of European human rights. In this article I trace the continuity of civilizational hierarchies in the ECtHR’s case-law on extraterritoriality and European consensus
Available in EJIL @ejiltalk.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
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This isn't anything an "independent" statutory body would ever produce. It's an unworkable overreach by a politically motivated actor that should not be a statutory body anymore.
April 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This isn't anything an "independent" statutory body would ever produce. It's an unworkable overreach by a politically motivated actor that should not be a statutory body anymore.
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🚨📢Come work with us! We at
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Planned Call for applications: Ten doctoral research positions
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de
April 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨📢Come work with us! We at
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
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There's maybe no photo that better defines this ghastly era than these people celebrating the right to deny shelter to homeless trans women in the name of female empowerment.
April 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There's maybe no photo that better defines this ghastly era than these people celebrating the right to deny shelter to homeless trans women in the name of female empowerment.
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Tentative First Thought - Today's UKSC ruling in For Women Scotland divides UK jurisdictions - the Equality Act doesn't apply in NI and trans people in NI have protections under some EU law (applicable through Art 2 Windsor Framework) which does grant trans people protections based on sex.
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Tentative First Thought - Today's UKSC ruling in For Women Scotland divides UK jurisdictions - the Equality Act doesn't apply in NI and trans people in NI have protections under some EU law (applicable through Art 2 Windsor Framework) which does grant trans people protections based on sex.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
I'll be giving a talk at the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law next Wednesday (26 March, 4pm) – some reflections on the standards of the Venice Commission and what they tell us about our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism. Registration link below!
I'll be giving a talk at the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law next Wednesday (26 March, 4pm) – some reflections on the standards of the Venice Commission and what they tell us about our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism. Registration link below!
The Venice Commission’s “new democracies” and the mental map of European constitutionalism | Edinburgh Law School
www.law.ed.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
I'll be giving a talk at the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law next Wednesday (26 March, 4pm) – some reflections on the standards of the Venice Commission and what they tell us about our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism. Registration link below!
I'll be giving a talk at the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law next Wednesday (26 March, 4pm) – some reflections on the standards of the Venice Commission and what they tell us about our 'mental map' of European constitutionalism. Registration link below!
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On March 11, 2025, the Romanian Constitutional Court rejected a candidacy in do-over May elections for Georgescu – an ultranationalist, MAGA-style firebrand.
BOGDAN IANCU offers a fascinating comparison with the timeless H.G. Wells' The Time Machine:
verfassungsblog.de/romanian-mil...
BOGDAN IANCU offers a fascinating comparison with the timeless H.G. Wells' The Time Machine:
verfassungsblog.de/romanian-mil...
March 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On March 11, 2025, the Romanian Constitutional Court rejected a candidacy in do-over May elections for Georgescu – an ultranationalist, MAGA-style firebrand.
BOGDAN IANCU offers a fascinating comparison with the timeless H.G. Wells' The Time Machine:
verfassungsblog.de/romanian-mil...
BOGDAN IANCU offers a fascinating comparison with the timeless H.G. Wells' The Time Machine:
verfassungsblog.de/romanian-mil...
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Full text of today's Advocate General's opinion on the Polish constitutional Court - independence and primacy of EU law
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Full text of today's Advocate General's opinion on the Polish constitutional Court - independence and primacy of EU law
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
Possibly the most head-on the Court/an AG has faced constitutional identity yet. The AG refutes connection between CI (as asserted by national CCs) and Art 4(2) TEU and asserts that "it is for the Court to settle definitively any conflict between EU law and the CI of a MS".
CJEU, rule of law
Advocate General's opinion: Polish Constitutional Court unlawfully rejected primacy of EU law, and lacks judicial independence
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Advocate General's opinion: Polish Constitutional Court unlawfully rejected primacy of EU law, and lacks judicial independence
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
March 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Possibly the most head-on the Court/an AG has faced constitutional identity yet. The AG refutes connection between CI (as asserted by national CCs) and Art 4(2) TEU and asserts that "it is for the Court to settle definitively any conflict between EU law and the CI of a MS".
Very interesting post by @kimlanelaw.bsky.social. Some things I agree with and others I don't - but the post is telling about shortcomings of premising constitutional change on the vagaries of 'transnational expertise'. The million $ question is: Does 'RoL writ large' require following VC opinions?
KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (@kimlanelaw.bsky.social) criticizes the Venice Commission for prioritizing formal legality over substantive judicial independence.
👉 verfassungsblog.de/blinded-by-l...
@democracyreporting.bsky.social
👉 verfassungsblog.de/blinded-by-l...
@democracyreporting.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Very interesting post by @kimlanelaw.bsky.social. Some things I agree with and others I don't - but the post is telling about shortcomings of premising constitutional change on the vagaries of 'transnational expertise'. The million $ question is: Does 'RoL writ large' require following VC opinions?
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Fun times for those of us into FMoP ahead.
Brexit law I
EU Commission brings UK to CJEU for allegedly not complying with free movement law at the end of 2020 - impacts on withdrawal agreement citizens rights rules ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU Commission brings UK to CJEU for allegedly not complying with free movement law at the end of 2020 - impacts on withdrawal agreement citizens rights rules ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 16, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Fun times for those of us into FMoP ahead.
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The annulment of Romania’s presidential election results by its Constitutional Court is a triumph for democracy!
MILES R. MAFTEAN argues, however, that the annulment is also a stark reminder of the limits of judicial power:
verfassungsblog.de/triumph-in-r...
MILES R. MAFTEAN argues, however, that the annulment is also a stark reminder of the limits of judicial power:
verfassungsblog.de/triumph-in-r...
December 10, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The annulment of Romania’s presidential election results by its Constitutional Court is a triumph for democracy!
MILES R. MAFTEAN argues, however, that the annulment is also a stark reminder of the limits of judicial power:
verfassungsblog.de/triumph-in-r...
MILES R. MAFTEAN argues, however, that the annulment is also a stark reminder of the limits of judicial power:
verfassungsblog.de/triumph-in-r...