📢 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...

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!

Details on Patrick's project: www.reconstitution.eu/en/fellows/d...

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...

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...

Our @hamriklukas.bsky.social took the stage at @uaces.bsky.social in Liverpool🎶– home of The Beatles!
📃Paper: 'Rule of Law as a New Cleavage in EU Politics? Political Parties’ Responsiveness to the Democratic Backsliding in the European Union'
When it comes to democracy, we can’t just “Let It Be!"

📢 @davidkosar.bsky.social & Patrick Leisure introduce the concept of judicial overstay ⚖️ and argue that we should pay more attention to this transnational phenomenon 🌍.

📖 Read their new article on the IACL blog ✍️📰
🔗 blog-iacl-aidc.org/2025-posts/2...

📢We joined the ECPR General Conference 2025 in Thessaloniki! David Kosař, Attila Vincze, @hamriklukas.bsky.social & Ondřej Kadlec presented papers on topics from judicial overstay, court governance digital transformation to (in)formal judicial institutions. Thank you @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social

Last, but not least @davidkosar.bsky.social chaired the panel 'Fixing the Bench' and presented a paper 'Judicial Overstay' co-authored with Patrick Leisure.

Another great contribution from our team at #ecprgc25! 👏 Ondřej Kadlec presented his paper 'From Rule- To Data- And Code-Based Judicial Administration: The Digital Transformation of Court Governance in Europe', highlighting how digitalization is reshaping judicial governance. #LawAndCourts

Proud to see two members of our team contributing to the debate on how formal and informal judicial institutions interact! 👏 Attila Vincze and @hamriklukas.bsky.social brought important insights at the ECPR conference in Thessaloniki, Greece #ecprgc25.

📢 New article in ICON•S journal by @efieldingd.bsky.social, Rosalind Dixon & @davidkosar.bsky.social.
It explores how chief justices maintain legitimacy and resilience, particulary in times of democratic backsliding⚖️

🔗 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/icon...

#icon-s #jusdiciary #democracy

Our colleague @hamriklukas.bsky.social has contributed a chapter to the book The 2024 European Parliament Elections! 📚✨
His chapter examines the process behind the election of the European Comission🔍🏛️

👉 Check it out and discover the fascinating insights!

🔗 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

📢 Proud of our JUSTIN team at #ICON_S2025 in Brasília!
@hamriklukas.bsky.social & David Kosař presented 4 papers, chaired/discussed key panels, and convened a major Interest Group.
Lucie Vodvářková & Monika Hanych also represented our Faculty of Law with excellence. 👏

According to The 2024 Annual Report of the Courts Service, Ireland has:
📌238 courtrooms
📌195 judges
The 2023 Courts Bill promised 40 more judges, but progress is slow @hubertsmekal.bsky.social said:
👉"Plans to boost judiciary numbers are always around, but putting them into practice isn't easy."

📢Just back from Trento, where NET-ROL @net-rol.bsky.social project kicked off

Our team member Samuel Spáč presented planned acitvities within our Work Package on judicial and prosecutorial autonomy⚖️

NET-ROL explores how informal networks can support or erode democratic governance🏛️
#democracy #law

📢 @davidkosar.bsky.social & @katarinasipulova.bsky.social latest publication explores how chief justices are using supranational institutions to resist democratic backsliding.
🔗 Read more here: academic.oup.com/icon/article...