Judicial Studies Institute
@justinbrno.bsky.social
Judicial Studies Institute (JUSTIN) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University
https://justin.law.muni.cz/en
https://justin.law.muni.cz/en
We kicked of the Unwritten Constitutionalism & Informality Conference today in Brno bettween JUSTIN and the UCNP project @ucnpproject.bsky.social organized also with Durham, EUI & uOttawa, within the ERC INFINITY & UCNP projects at Masaryk University.
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
We kicked of the Unwritten Constitutionalism & Informality Conference today in Brno bettween JUSTIN and the UCNP project @ucnpproject.bsky.social organized also with Durham, EUI & uOttawa, within the ERC INFINITY & UCNP projects at Masaryk University.
⚖️📘 Last week, 2nd edition of European Convention on Human Rights. Commentary was launched at the Constitutional Court. The updated volume reflects 13 years of ECtHR case law & procedural changes. Proud to see @davidkosar.bsky.social @katarinasipulova.bsky.social & Michal Kovalčík among the authors
January 30, 2026 at 1:30 PM
⚖️📘 Last week, 2nd edition of European Convention on Human Rights. Commentary was launched at the Constitutional Court. The updated volume reflects 13 years of ECtHR case law & procedural changes. Proud to see @davidkosar.bsky.social @katarinasipulova.bsky.social & Michal Kovalčík among the authors
Last week, our colleagues @davidkosar.bsky.social & @katarinasipulova.bsky.social spoke at a Supreme Court seminar on judicial decision-making in times of deep societal polarization. David discussed political & ideological pressures on judges; Katarína the impact of public opinion & social media.
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Last week, our colleagues @davidkosar.bsky.social & @katarinasipulova.bsky.social spoke at a Supreme Court seminar on judicial decision-making in times of deep societal polarization. David discussed political & ideological pressures on judges; Katarína the impact of public opinion & social media.
🌍 At yesterday’s JUSTIN seminar, Zinaida Bechná (IIPS, FSS MU) presented the HORIZON Twinning project CENTREPEACE @centrepeace.bsky.social and research from “The Clash of Diffusions” on political change in post-Soviet in-between countries, with a focus on Georgia.
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🌍 At yesterday’s JUSTIN seminar, Zinaida Bechná (IIPS, FSS MU) presented the HORIZON Twinning project CENTREPEACE @centrepeace.bsky.social and research from “The Clash of Diffusions” on political change in post-Soviet in-between countries, with a focus on Georgia.
🧑⚖️🤖 Who speaks for the Constitutional Court today?
A new Respekt commentary by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social examines the AI chatbot on the Czech Constitutional Court’s website—and the institutional questions it raises about responsibility, limits, and court–public communication.
🔗Link below in Czech.
A new Respekt commentary by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social examines the AI chatbot on the Czech Constitutional Court’s website—and the institutional questions it raises about responsibility, limits, and court–public communication.
🔗Link below in Czech.
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
🧑⚖️🤖 Who speaks for the Constitutional Court today?
A new Respekt commentary by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social examines the AI chatbot on the Czech Constitutional Court’s website—and the institutional questions it raises about responsibility, limits, and court–public communication.
🔗Link below in Czech.
A new Respekt commentary by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social examines the AI chatbot on the Czech Constitutional Court’s website—and the institutional questions it raises about responsibility, limits, and court–public communication.
🔗Link below in Czech.
👏 Congrats to @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social on winning the GAČR funding for the 3-year JUDITA project! It will explore how court digitization and data shape court management & evaluation of judges, and their impact on independence, accountability & efficiency with an interdisciplinary team.
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
👏 Congrats to @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social on winning the GAČR funding for the 3-year JUDITA project! It will explore how court digitization and data shape court management & evaluation of judges, and their impact on independence, accountability & efficiency with an interdisciplinary team.
Can EU State aid law defend media freedom?
Magyar Hang challenges €1.1bn in Hungarian state ads allegedly favouring pro-government media. If Commission acts, this case could test whether State aid law can curb media capture. Attila Vincze in EStAL. 🔗below
#RuleOfLaw #MediaFreedom #StateAid #EUlaw
Magyar Hang challenges €1.1bn in Hungarian state ads allegedly favouring pro-government media. If Commission acts, this case could test whether State aid law can curb media capture. Attila Vincze in EStAL. 🔗below
#RuleOfLaw #MediaFreedom #StateAid #EUlaw
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can EU State aid law defend media freedom?
Magyar Hang challenges €1.1bn in Hungarian state ads allegedly favouring pro-government media. If Commission acts, this case could test whether State aid law can curb media capture. Attila Vincze in EStAL. 🔗below
#RuleOfLaw #MediaFreedom #StateAid #EUlaw
Magyar Hang challenges €1.1bn in Hungarian state ads allegedly favouring pro-government media. If Commission acts, this case could test whether State aid law can curb media capture. Attila Vincze in EStAL. 🔗below
#RuleOfLaw #MediaFreedom #StateAid #EUlaw
@davidkosar.bsky.social took part in the international Cyberspace Conference at the Faculty of Law, MU (28–29 Nov). ⚖️💻 He commented in the debate alongside Vice-Dean Radim Polčák and keynote speaker Burkhard Schafer (Uni of Edinburgh), discussing digitalisation and AI in law.
🔗 cyberspace.muni.cz
🔗 cyberspace.muni.cz
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@davidkosar.bsky.social took part in the international Cyberspace Conference at the Faculty of Law, MU (28–29 Nov). ⚖️💻 He commented in the debate alongside Vice-Dean Radim Polčák and keynote speaker Burkhard Schafer (Uni of Edinburgh), discussing digitalisation and AI in law.
🔗 cyberspace.muni.cz
🔗 cyberspace.muni.cz
🎙️ New Podcast Episode!
Our colleagues @ehanelt.bsky.social & Attila Vincze join Arena Europa to unpack how Hungary’s judiciary is managed in a competitive authoritarian system — from subtle pressure tools to why resistance has been limited.
🎧 Worth a listen! Link ⬇
www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
Our colleagues @ehanelt.bsky.social & Attila Vincze join Arena Europa to unpack how Hungary’s judiciary is managed in a competitive authoritarian system — from subtle pressure tools to why resistance has been limited.
🎧 Worth a listen! Link ⬇
www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
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www.sv.uio.no
December 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎙️ New Podcast Episode!
Our colleagues @ehanelt.bsky.social & Attila Vincze join Arena Europa to unpack how Hungary’s judiciary is managed in a competitive authoritarian system — from subtle pressure tools to why resistance has been limited.
🎧 Worth a listen! Link ⬇
www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
Our colleagues @ehanelt.bsky.social & Attila Vincze join Arena Europa to unpack how Hungary’s judiciary is managed in a competitive authoritarian system — from subtle pressure tools to why resistance has been limited.
🎧 Worth a listen! Link ⬇
www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
🎉 Exciting news!
🏆 @katarinasipulova.bsky.social has received the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2025 for her article “The Light and the Dark Side of Judicial Resistance” in Law & Policy. 👏 Congratulations, Katka!
Find the links to the article and the full list of awardees in the comments.
📷 Martin Indruch
🏆 @katarinasipulova.bsky.social has received the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2025 for her article “The Light and the Dark Side of Judicial Resistance” in Law & Policy. 👏 Congratulations, Katka!
Find the links to the article and the full list of awardees in the comments.
📷 Martin Indruch
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎉 Exciting news!
🏆 @katarinasipulova.bsky.social has received the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2025 for her article “The Light and the Dark Side of Judicial Resistance” in Law & Policy. 👏 Congratulations, Katka!
Find the links to the article and the full list of awardees in the comments.
📷 Martin Indruch
🏆 @katarinasipulova.bsky.social has received the MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2025 for her article “The Light and the Dark Side of Judicial Resistance” in Law & Policy. 👏 Congratulations, Katka!
Find the links to the article and the full list of awardees in the comments.
📷 Martin Indruch
📢 Latest article from Patrick Leisure explores why ECtHR went from tolerating corporal punishment in the 1990s to recognizing verbal abuse as mental violence in schools by 2021
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YY9JJ...
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YY9JJ...
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📢 Latest article from Patrick Leisure explores why ECtHR went from tolerating corporal punishment in the 1990s to recognizing verbal abuse as mental violence in schools by 2021
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YY9JJ...
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YY9JJ...
🏛️ On 27 Nov @katarinasipulova.bsky.social @davidkosar.bsky.social & Attila Vincze spoke at the conference “Zrcadlo minulosti: jak na (re)demokratizaci?” at FSS MU.
🔹 Šipulová & Kosař discussed judicial independence
🔹 Vincze outlined key developments in the Hungarian judiciary over the past 15 years
🔹 Šipulová & Kosař discussed judicial independence
🔹 Vincze outlined key developments in the Hungarian judiciary over the past 15 years
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🏛️ On 27 Nov @katarinasipulova.bsky.social @davidkosar.bsky.social & Attila Vincze spoke at the conference “Zrcadlo minulosti: jak na (re)demokratizaci?” at FSS MU.
🔹 Šipulová & Kosař discussed judicial independence
🔹 Vincze outlined key developments in the Hungarian judiciary over the past 15 years
🔹 Šipulová & Kosař discussed judicial independence
🔹 Vincze outlined key developments in the Hungarian judiciary over the past 15 years
📢 Our colleague @davidkosar.bsky.social joined the Scholar-in-Residence Conference 2025 “What Constitutional Future for Ukraine?” in Hamburg, speaking with on judicial independence, a key element for Ukraine’s democratic future. We’re proud of his contribution 👏
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 Our colleague @davidkosar.bsky.social joined the Scholar-in-Residence Conference 2025 “What Constitutional Future for Ukraine?” in Hamburg, speaking with on judicial independence, a key element for Ukraine’s democratic future. We’re proud of his contribution 👏
📅 On Monday, we hosted Tomáš Koref at our seminar.
📄 We discussed his paper "Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism..." with commentary from @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social.
🙏 Thanks, Tomáš, for the insights!
📄 We discussed his paper "Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism..." with commentary from @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social.
🙏 Thanks, Tomáš, for the insights!
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
📅 On Monday, we hosted Tomáš Koref at our seminar.
📄 We discussed his paper "Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism..." with commentary from @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social.
🙏 Thanks, Tomáš, for the insights!
📄 We discussed his paper "Mining Legal Arguments to Study Judicial Formalism..." with commentary from @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social.
🙏 Thanks, Tomáš, for the insights!
📢 New article by Mathieu Leloup in ICON•S! 📰 @icon-s.bsky.social
How do supranational courts reshape the domestic separation of powers? ⚖️🌍
It discusses how the case law of supranational courts forms a blueprint for domestic separation of powers🏛️
🔗Open Access text: academic.oup.com/icon/article...
How do supranational courts reshape the domestic separation of powers? ⚖️🌍
It discusses how the case law of supranational courts forms a blueprint for domestic separation of powers🏛️
🔗Open Access text: academic.oup.com/icon/article...
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
📢 New article by Mathieu Leloup in ICON•S! 📰 @icon-s.bsky.social
How do supranational courts reshape the domestic separation of powers? ⚖️🌍
It discusses how the case law of supranational courts forms a blueprint for domestic separation of powers🏛️
🔗Open Access text: academic.oup.com/icon/article...
How do supranational courts reshape the domestic separation of powers? ⚖️🌍
It discusses how the case law of supranational courts forms a blueprint for domestic separation of powers🏛️
🔗Open Access text: academic.oup.com/icon/article...
📢Latest article by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social is out in International & Comparative Law Quarterly! @iclq.bsky.social
In this piece, Ondřej Kadlec explores two ways courts make use of their grand chambers — the Collective Control Model👥 and the Jurisprudential Model📚
🔗Read more here: bit.ly/43mm2DN
In this piece, Ondřej Kadlec explores two ways courts make use of their grand chambers — the Collective Control Model👥 and the Jurisprudential Model📚
🔗Read more here: bit.ly/43mm2DN
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📢Latest article by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social is out in International & Comparative Law Quarterly! @iclq.bsky.social
In this piece, Ondřej Kadlec explores two ways courts make use of their grand chambers — the Collective Control Model👥 and the Jurisprudential Model📚
🔗Read more here: bit.ly/43mm2DN
In this piece, Ondřej Kadlec explores two ways courts make use of their grand chambers — the Collective Control Model👥 and the Jurisprudential Model📚
🔗Read more here: bit.ly/43mm2DN
🏅 Congrats to @davidkosar.bsky.social awarded the Bronze Antonín Randa Medal for his work on judicial self-government and European judicial systems! The medal was presented by the Union of Czech Lawyers (Jednota českých právníků) in Prague’s Karolinum.
🔗 www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/183...
🔗 www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/183...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🏅 Congrats to @davidkosar.bsky.social awarded the Bronze Antonín Randa Medal for his work on judicial self-government and European judicial systems! The medal was presented by the Union of Czech Lawyers (Jednota českých právníků) in Prague’s Karolinum.
🔗 www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/183...
🔗 www.em.muni.cz/udalosti/183...
📖 Last week, Attila Vincze participated in the Erasmus programme at the University of Würzburg, where he delivered lectures on European Administrative Law. The visit provided an excellent opportunity for academic exchange and discussions with students and colleagues 🍂
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📖 Last week, Attila Vincze participated in the Erasmus programme at the University of Würzburg, where he delivered lectures on European Administrative Law. The visit provided an excellent opportunity for academic exchange and discussions with students and colleagues 🍂
🚨 New Working Paper drop! 🚨
Mathieu Leloup explores how fundamental rights can reshape government architecture through the idea of structural rights — rights that, when enforced, directly alter institutions and the separation of powers.
Read more 👉 justin.law.muni.cz/media/396614...
Mathieu Leloup explores how fundamental rights can reshape government architecture through the idea of structural rights — rights that, when enforced, directly alter institutions and the separation of powers.
Read more 👉 justin.law.muni.cz/media/396614...
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨 New Working Paper drop! 🚨
Mathieu Leloup explores how fundamental rights can reshape government architecture through the idea of structural rights — rights that, when enforced, directly alter institutions and the separation of powers.
Read more 👉 justin.law.muni.cz/media/396614...
Mathieu Leloup explores how fundamental rights can reshape government architecture through the idea of structural rights — rights that, when enforced, directly alter institutions and the separation of powers.
Read more 👉 justin.law.muni.cz/media/396614...
📢 Our second article in Common Market Law Review!
Insight the ECJ’s NFK judgment — a key episode in Hungary’s usufruct saga 🏛️
It highlights the real-world stakes of legal uncertainty, showing how EU law safeguards fundamental rights ⚖️
👉 Read more here: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
Insight the ECJ’s NFK judgment — a key episode in Hungary’s usufruct saga 🏛️
It highlights the real-world stakes of legal uncertainty, showing how EU law safeguards fundamental rights ⚖️
👉 Read more here: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📢 Our second article in Common Market Law Review!
Insight the ECJ’s NFK judgment — a key episode in Hungary’s usufruct saga 🏛️
It highlights the real-world stakes of legal uncertainty, showing how EU law safeguards fundamental rights ⚖️
👉 Read more here: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
Insight the ECJ’s NFK judgment — a key episode in Hungary’s usufruct saga 🏛️
It highlights the real-world stakes of legal uncertainty, showing how EU law safeguards fundamental rights ⚖️
👉 Read more here: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
📢 One of our two new articles in Common Market Law Review!
In its Grand Chamber judgment CV v Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, the ECJ reshaped the concept of safe country of origin in EU asylum 🏛
This sparked debates on the limits of judicial power ⚖️
👉 Read more: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
In its Grand Chamber judgment CV v Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, the ECJ reshaped the concept of safe country of origin in EU asylum 🏛
This sparked debates on the limits of judicial power ⚖️
👉 Read more: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📢 One of our two new articles in Common Market Law Review!
In its Grand Chamber judgment CV v Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, the ECJ reshaped the concept of safe country of origin in EU asylum 🏛
This sparked debates on the limits of judicial power ⚖️
👉 Read more: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
In its Grand Chamber judgment CV v Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, the ECJ reshaped the concept of safe country of origin in EU asylum 🏛
This sparked debates on the limits of judicial power ⚖️
👉 Read more: kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
Last week @davidkosar.bsky.social joined the ELU-S 2025 Conference in Prague hosted by Charles University Law Faculty. He presented:
👉 Perceptions of Judicial Governance in Europe
👉 Embedding Strategies of the European Apex Courts
Big thanks to @elu-society.bsky.social for such an inspiring event!
👉 Perceptions of Judicial Governance in Europe
👉 Embedding Strategies of the European Apex Courts
Big thanks to @elu-society.bsky.social for such an inspiring event!
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Last week @davidkosar.bsky.social joined the ELU-S 2025 Conference in Prague hosted by Charles University Law Faculty. He presented:
👉 Perceptions of Judicial Governance in Europe
👉 Embedding Strategies of the European Apex Courts
Big thanks to @elu-society.bsky.social for such an inspiring event!
👉 Perceptions of Judicial Governance in Europe
👉 Embedding Strategies of the European Apex Courts
Big thanks to @elu-society.bsky.social for such an inspiring event!
Exciting news: Patrick Leisure is a re:constitution Fellow 2025/26! 🎉 His project explores states’ positive obligations under the ECHR & schools, inspired by Amy Guttman’s Democratic Education. He follows colleagues @katarinasipulova.bsky.social & @ehanelt.bsky.social from last year. See link below👇
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Exciting news: Patrick Leisure is a re:constitution Fellow 2025/26! 🎉 His project explores states’ positive obligations under the ECHR & schools, inspired by Amy Guttman’s Democratic Education. He follows colleagues @katarinasipulova.bsky.social & @ehanelt.bsky.social from last year. See link below👇
📢 Check out the new publication by @davidkosar.bsky.social in German Law Journal, Special Issue: Constitutional Judging under Pressure📰
The article explores strategies European apex courts can use to strengthen public trust through communication ⚖️
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The article explores strategies European apex courts can use to strengthen public trust through communication ⚖️
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢 Check out the new publication by @davidkosar.bsky.social in German Law Journal, Special Issue: Constitutional Judging under Pressure📰
The article explores strategies European apex courts can use to strengthen public trust through communication ⚖️
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The article explores strategies European apex courts can use to strengthen public trust through communication ⚖️
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Yesterday @ehanelt.bsky.social & @fzillessen.bsky.social (Verfassungsblog’s Judicial Resilience Project) brought a paper "Analysing Democratic Backsliding Before It Happens: Studying Judicial Resilience in Germany Through Scenario Analysis" 🔗Follow the project on: verfassungsblog.de/justiz-proje...
September 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yesterday @ehanelt.bsky.social & @fzillessen.bsky.social (Verfassungsblog’s Judicial Resilience Project) brought a paper "Analysing Democratic Backsliding Before It Happens: Studying Judicial Resilience in Germany Through Scenario Analysis" 🔗Follow the project on: verfassungsblog.de/justiz-proje...