Armin von Bogdandy

• Max Planck Society

This volume develops the constitutional approach in Union law. It shows how, in the light of the basic provisions of the EU Treaties a new, principled constitutionalism replaces the earlier functional constitutionalism. The authors discuss central doctrinal and theoretical questions of Union constitutional law. The contributions are based on the te...

This volume develops the constitutional approach in Union law. It shows how, in the light of the basic provisions of the EU Treaties a new, principled constitutionalism replaces the earlier functional constitutionalism. The authors discuss central doctrinal and theoretical questions of Union constitutional law. The contributions are based on the te...

This volume develops the constitutional approach in Union law. It shows how, in the light of the basic provisions of the EU Treaties a new, principled constitutionalism replaces the earlier functional constitutionalism. The authors discuss central doctrinal and theoretical questions of Union constitutional law. The contributions are based on the te...

This volume develops the constitutional approach in Union law. It shows how, in the light of the basic provisions of the EU Treaties a new, principled constitutionalism replaces the earlier functional constitutionalism. The authors discuss central doctrinal and theoretical questions of Union constitutional law. The contributions are based on the te...

For a decade now, the CJEU has been complementing and indeed overwriting its long-standing functionalist approach to constitutionalism. Anew, a principled constitutionalism is emerging that draws from the first 19 articles of the EU Treaties and activates the potential of its constitutional core. Some consider this path a problematic example of jud...

The Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) fosters structural transformations throughout the Americas. This collection of analyses builds upon the studies on Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina and Latin American transformative constitutionalism to map out both the ground-level human rights impact of the IAHRS and the institutional ch...

The Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) fosters structural transformations throughout the Americas. This collection of analyses builds upon the studies on Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina and Latin American transformative constitutionalism to map out both the ground-level human rights impact of the IAHRS and the institutional ch...

The Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) fosters structural transformations throughout the Americas. This collection of analyses builds upon the studies on Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina and Latin American transformative constitutionalism to map out both the ground-level human rights impact of the IAHRS and the institutional ch...

The book brings together contributions to theorising comparative public law in order to highlight its distinctive features. Nationality was an important criterion in the selection of the many possible contributions. This is because the presentation of contributions from Germany is the second aim of this work. Comparative constitutional law (as well...

The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law describe and analyse public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights, and, importantly, the domestic public laws of European states. Recognizing that the ongoing vertical and horizontal processes o...

The fourth volume of the Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law series compares European constitutional jurisdiction in the perspective of the European legal space. It examines the structures of the organization, the appointment of judges, the procedures and methods of argumentation and interpretation, their impact on state and society, their...

The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law describe and analyse public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights, and, importantly, the domestic public laws of European states. Recognizing that the ongoing vertical and horizontal processes o...

Este Artigo analisa a ascensão do constitucionalismo transformador internacional na América Latina e responde a alguns dos desafios à sua legitimidade e eficácia. Centram-se na prática da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (Corte IDH), as decisões e procedimentos que constituem uma parte pequena, mas vibrante e essencial, de uma ampla comunid...

Se entrevista a Armin von Bogdandy, quien es un jurista alemán. Es director del Instituto Max Planck de Derecho Público Comparado y Derecho Internacional de Heidelberg (Alemania) y profesor de Derecho Público, Derecho Europeo y Derecho Internacional y Económico en la Universidad Goethe de Fráncfort (Alemania). Entre otros galardones, recibió el pre...

This contribution deals with the current European rule of law crisis. It does so by analyzing the recent CJEU’s judgment in re LM and by considering its possible ramifications for the future of the rule of law in the EU. In particular, it is argued that, as a result of this judgment, the European rule of law as provided for by Art. 2 TEU has become...

This contribution develops the framework of European reactions to the undermining of checks and balances in EU Member States . It surveys the normative setting with its various institutional options and contrasting constitutional principles and then applies these principles to the panoply of relevant instruments. The building blocks of this framewo...

This open access book deals with Article 7 TEU measures, court proceedings, financial sanctions and the EU Rule of Law Framework to protect EU values with a particular focus on checks and balances in EU Member States. It analyses substantive standards, powers, procedures as well as the consequences and implications of the various instruments. It co...

Finally, there are approved vaccines against COVID-19, but they will be certainly scarce at first. As a result, vaccine nationalism is rampant. However, for considerations of self-interest, solidarity as well as of international law, national governments should also cater for the health of other countries’ populations. This article presents the mai...

En los últimos años, se ha venido desarrollando en América Latina una especie de derecho común de los derechos humanos, lo que entendemos como ius constitutionale commune. En el centro del surgimiento de este régimen se encuentran la Comisión Interamericana (CIDH) y la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH). En este capítulo exploramo...

This Article analyzes the rise of international transformative constitutionalism in Latin America and responds to some of the challenges to its legitimacy and effectiveness. It focuses on the practice of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), the decisions and procedures of which constitute a small, but vibrant and essential, part of a...

This book continues the thick comparative approach that lies at the heart of the Max Planck Handbook series. It addresses one of the most significant phenomena of modern-day public law: constitutional adjudication. This book introduces, through individual country reports, the institutions and practices that make constitutional adjudication come to...

This chapter briefly discusses the current state of affairs of constitutional adjudication in Europe. It remarks on a recent evolution in the enterprise of comparing constitutional adjudication—that of a truly global discourse on constitutional courts. Moreover, comparing institutions of constitutional adjudication in Europe today is part of an eve...

Wenn die Regierung eines Mitgliedstaates beginnt mittels einer gleichgeschalteten Justiz gegen Regierungskritiker vorzugehen, sind die von Art. 2 EUV geschützten Werte auf neue Weise bedroht. Dieser Beitrag zeigt auf, wie Richter gegenüber solchen Versuchen reagieren können und müssen. Neben einer Pflicht zu wertkonformer Auslegung nationalen Recht...

These texts on the legitimacy of international courts were framed as a direct reaction to arguments put forward in the book “In Whose Name?” by Armin von Bogdandy und Ingo Venzke. The subjects ranged from a comparison between international organizations and international courts and how they can contribute to democratize international law to assessi...

The German legal discourse on Europe solemnly professes the idea of a Europeanized Germany: Kooperation, Verfassungsgerichtsverbund, Europafreundlichkeit, Integrationsverantwortung. However, some cast doubt on these assertions.

O presente artigo se propõe a examinar os fundamentos jurídicos, a legitimidade e o êxito do Sistema Interamericano de Direitos Humanos. O trabalho se estrutura em seis partes. Na primeira parte, explica como tal sistema recebeu um mandato para promover um constitucionalismo transformador na região. Demonstra que esse mandato se baseia em uma inter...

EU Rule of law crisis – Article 2 TEU – EU values – EU fundamental rights – Freedom of speech – Member state courts – Interpretation of national law in conformity with Article 2 TEU values – Preliminary reference – Duty of referral – Criminal liability of judges – Reverse Solange – ASJP judgment – Judicial applicability of Article 2 TEU – Value-ori...

Este artículo examina los fundamentos de la autoridad de la Corte Constitucional italiana comparándola con la del Tribunal Constitucional Federal alemán. En comparación con el Tribunal alemán, la Corte italiana ha construido su autoridad sobre una base particularmente débil. Sin embargo, ha tenido éxito en desarrollar una dinámica de “poder en la d...

Verwaltungsrechtsschutz in internationalen Organisationen erscheint vor allem geboten, wenn derartige Organisationen öffentliche Gewalt ausüben. Das war über lange Zeit kaum der Fall, da es sich zumeist um eher schwache Institutionen handelte, in der Diktion der internationalen Beziehungen mehr Arenen der Staaten als eigenständige Akteure. Im Vorde...

The volume summarises the contributions to the fourth conference of the Working Group "Law and Politics in the European Union", which was jointly organised with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin in April 2017. We started by investigating how narratives develop and what functions they have in the integration process. Does the "Europe of the Fat...

Transformativer Konstitutionalismus bedeutet, Normen verfassungsrechtlicher Natur so zu interpretieren und anzuwenden, dass sie tiefgreifenden sozialen Wandel im Lichte verfassungsrechtlicher Ziele fördern und insbesondere systemische Defizite bekämpfen. Das vielleicht wichtigste internationale Instrument dieser Natur weltweit ist die Amerikanische...

The handbook ‘Lateinamerika’ presents basic terms, political, economic, social and legal problems, and topics relating to and challenges faced by Latin America and its heterogeneous national realities. It also regards itself as obligated to area studies by presenting and understanding the aforementioned terms in their regional context. It provides...

The 4th edition of the first volume of this work provides an update of the commentary on the preamble and articles 1 to 19 in case law and literature. The structure of the book has been retained and its content supplemented by more recent developments, such as the implications of Europeanisation and digitalisation as well as the Corona pandemic. As...

Conceptualising the European rule of law-value – A critique of the concept of European legal community – A conceptualisation of trust for a fresh understanding of the rule of law-value – Trust research in the social sciences – The trustworthiness of the European rule of law in light of calls for breaking up the current order

This contribution aims at advancing a public law approach to international law by engaging with Carl Schmitt’s Concept of the Political. First, it hereby explains this approach in light of the current nationalist backlash against international law and governance. Second, Schmitt’s text helps reflecting the methodology of that approach, as of public...

This text approaches the issue of strengthening the democratic legitimacy of international institutions from a comparative legal perspective. It argues that Articles 9 to 12 of the Treaty on European Union can help to conceptualize and develop the elements of such democratic legitimation. The core statement of this contribution is: A democratizatio...

Este trabajo aborda el tema de la protección de las minorías en el seno de la Unión Europea, tomando como perspectiva el mismo derecho de la Unión. En su primera parte (apartados 1 y 2), se explican, a través del concepto de gobernanza, los mecanismos que la Unión Europea ha doptado para proteger a las minorías. En un primer momento, se esboza una...

El articulo analiza los diferentes conceptos de derecho europeo. Se defiende un concepto amplio que engloba el derecho de la UE y los instrumentos internacionales que lo completan, el Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos, las diversas normas nacionales que aplican o desarrollan estas normas transnacionales, asi como el derecho comparado europeo. Co...

The article investigates competing understandings of European law. It supports, against the prevailing EU-centred understanding, an ecumenical concept that embraces EU law, supplementing international instruments, the European Convention on Human Rights and, importantly, various domestic laws enacting or responding to such transnational law, as wel...

Resumo O Ius Constitutionale Commune na América Latina (Iccal) trata de uma abordagem regional sobre o constitucionalismo transformador. Esse enfoque se assenta na inquietante experiência adquirida com as inaceitáveis condições de vida existentes, e aponta para a transformação da realidade política e social da América Latina, por meio do fortaleci...

El Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina (ICCAL) se refiere a un enfoque regional sobre el constitucionalismo transformador. Dicho enfoque se nutre de la inquietante experiencia respecto de condiciones de vida inaceptables y apunta a la transformación de la realidad política y social de América Latina por medio del fortalecimiento concertad...

Throughout Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's pontificate he spoke to a range of political, civil, academic, and other cultural authorities. These speeches reveal a striking sensitivity to the fundamental problems of law, justice, and democracy. He often presented a call for Christians to address issues of public ethics such as life, death, and family fr...

Public law was once exclusive to the type of social organization called state. This exclusivity is no more, particularly in the European legal area: supranational and international organ- izations wield competences that transform them into institutions of public authority. Due to Europeanization and internationalization, the public law applicable o...

In many different circumstances over the course of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI addressed a much broader community than that made up only of CathoHc-Christian believers. In doing so, he dealt with topics that are equally important to the Roman CathoHc faithful, to nonbelievers, and to believers in other religions, including the relationships...

This article argues that increasing demands in world public opinion for legitimate and effective international institutions require a paradigm shift in public international law. There is a part of public international law that should be better understood as international public law because it enables and disciplines the pursuit of public interests...

A new approach Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina ( ICCAL ) constitutes a new approach to constitutionalism in the region. It has transformative aims and draws its energy from the perception of unacceptable conditions of a systematic nature. Like many legal concepts it refers both to positive law as a well as to the legal discourse conne...

The concept of a European Constitutional Area has been used in legal scholarship to describe a common space of constitutionalism where national and international constitutional guarantees interact to maintain the common constitutional values of Europe. This concept has not yet been tested in a case where the constitutional order of a Member State o...