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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · 3d

📖✨ Sneak peek into #ZaöRV 3/2025:
From diaspora voting & German constitutional openness to a world climate court, UNCLOS, animal welfare + a symposium on Digital Empires. Plenty of insights and debates await in this issue. Available now #OpenAccess:
www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · 10d

📖 My review of Anu Bradford’s "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology" (Oxford University Press 2023) is out on @zaoerv.bsky.social

Many thanks to @alexanderwentker.bsky.social and @erik.d-64.social for editing this timely book review symposium.

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · 12d

📚 The new issue of the Heidelberg Journal of International Law (ZaöRV) is out and available now (Issue 3/2025)!

#OpenAccess articles on international law, European law & more.

👉 Read here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

#ZaöRV #HJIL #InternationalLaw #OpenAccess

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · 26d

📢 When Solange I Met Neubauer

In #ZaöRV 2/2025, Eyal Benvenisti explores what happens when national courts use Solange to protect global interests while reviewing international organizations. Now available #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Solange and Anti-Globalism

In the latest #ZaöRV, Karen Alter shows how the Solange doctrine has become a tool to defend constitutional democracy against rising anti-globalist pressures. Read her interesting article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

#HJIL #InternationalLaw

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Sep 8

ZaöRV 2/2025 features an article by Anuscheh Farahat & Teresa Violante, who compare Solange I to Solange IV, and argue why Solange IV is at least as bold as Solange I was at the time. Read their assessment of the role of national courts from Solange I to IV: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 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

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Constitutional Courts and the EU

In ZaöRV 2/2025, Ana Bobić analyzes how constitutional courts confront the EU’s reconfiguration, especially in the area of the Euro crisis and criminal law. Find the ZaöRV's article - as always - #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 Matej Avbelj's #ZaöRV article analyses what, if anything, has been an original theoretical and institutional contribution of #Solange I. Read now why the decision is a prime example of social constructivism in the field of law and politics beyond the state: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌍Solange I goes abroad

In the #ZaöRV, Niels Graaf traces how Solange I was translated—legally and literally—into French and Italian debates. Read now #OpenAccess how the German decision is understood and applied differently along national lines.

#ZaöRV #HJIL

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢What if the dissent had won?

In the latest #ZaöRV, Franz C. Mayer explores the Solange I dissent—and how it might have changed EU law. Read about parallel paths not taken, a parallel legal universe. Available #OpenAccess.

#ConstitutionalLaw #SolangeI #HJIL

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jul 23

📢 Must-read!

The new #ZaöRV features an article by Andrej Lang who puts #Solange I in historical context. Read now #OpenAccess why Solange I is not parochial and backward, but in many regards a modern and forward-looking decision.

www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

#HJIL #Solange

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢50 years of Solange I!
The new #ZaöRV issue revisits a constitutional classic: What is the legacy of #Solange I in a world of overlapping legal orders? Read the introduction to the special issue by Lang, Kovács & Kumm!

#Constitutionalism #HJIL #OpenAccess

www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jul 10

From State Sovereignty to Human Rights– and Back?
In the latestet #ZaöRV, Farahat & Kießling revisit the Prohibition of Collective Expulsion in the ECHR from a Historical Perspective.

Read their argument now #OpenAccess!

#HumanRights #Sovereignty #ECHR #HJIL

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢New article in the #ZaöRV!
Can international tribunals still matter in times of great power competition? Christian Schultheiss explores the impact of the South China Sea arbitration in his #OpenAccess comment.

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#InternationalLaw #SouthChinaSea #HJIL

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jun 24

📢 Exciting news!
The new issue of ZaöRV/Heidelberg Journal of International Law 2/2025 is out now #OpenAccess🌍

This edition features a special issue on “Re-Examining Solange I”.

📸 Get a look at the new contents, and stay tuned for more updates!

www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

#HJIL #ZaöRV

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jun 12

“Smart sanctions” on Russian oligarchs?
Alexander Blankenagel argues why EU's sanctions on Russian business elites, including the freezing of their property, are neither smart nor lawful. Read his timely analysis #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · Jun 11

Isabel Walther's article in the #ZaöRV dives into a German ruling on exceptions to functional immunity. She unpacks why the decision by the Federal Court of Justice raises international and constitutional law concerns & much more. Read #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 26

🌱 Environmental Community Interests
In the #ZaöRV Keynote (Issue 1/2025), Malgosia Fitzmaurice analyzes how community interests can be redressed beyond court proceedings, focusing on international environmental law. Read her topical Keynote #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 21

The ocean treaty is signed. Now what?
In the new #ZaöRV, @carcru.bsky.social examines the potential of the Implementation and Compliance Committee under the BBNJ treaty as a tool for advancing cooperation under the Law of the Sea Convention. Read now: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 19

Elisa Ruozzi's article in the #ZaöRV analyzes how common spaces and interests are addressed at the reparations stage. She explores emerging institutional innovations across legal regimes in public international law. Read her intriguing article #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 14

In the new issue of #ZaöRV, Lanovoy & Cohen reflect on climate litigation before international courts and tribunals. Their article explores how public interest shapes advisory proceedings on climate issues. Read their important reflections #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 13

Proxy States & Global Interests
Sarah Thin critically analyzes the phenomenon of ‘proxy states’ in the latest #ZaöRV and asks: Are proxy states champions of the common interest? A sharp look at the benefits and implications of the proxy-state model: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 12

Lo Giacco & McGarry reflect on the past and future of common-interest and common-space litigation, and the role of international courts in shaping it. A history-sensitive account of the juridification of the common interest in the #ZaöRV. Read now #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law @zaoerv.bsky.social · May 10

📜 Legal Justifications in 1939
In the #ZaöRV's Anniversary Series, Felix Lange re-examines how German lawyers under the Nazi regime sought to justify the 1939 aggression against Poland. A striking study of law’s distortion in wartime. Read now #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

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