Lina Triantafyllia Papadopoulou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | AUTH · Faculty of Law

For centuries, since the Roman Empire’s adoption of Christianity, the continent of Europe has been perceived as something of a Christian fortress. Today, the increase in the number of Muslims living in Europe and the prominence of Islamic belief pose questions not only for Europe’s religious traditions but also for its constitutional make up. This...

This article addresses three main issues concerning the religious jurisdictions and ecclesiastical justice in Greece: (a) how religious communities resolve disputes amongst the faithful within them; (b) how the State deals with religious disputes (through legislation and case-law and through systems of mediation and arbitration); (c) the view of re...

Social networks, especially Facebook, has become a social and economic phenomenon, attracting the attention and active participation of a constantly growing number of people worldwide. Their growing popularity means, among others, that a growing number of personal information of their users become available online and easily accessible. This paper...

Social networks, especially Facebook, has become a social and economic phenomenon, attracting the attention and active participation of a constantly growing number of people worldwide. Their growing popularity means, among others, that a growing number of personal information of their users become available online and easily accessible. This paper...

The paper traces the theories developed concerning the democratic legitimacy of the Union and acknowledges the progress made with the adoption of the theory of double legitimacy, according to which the EU is not merely an international organisation, based only on the will of the ‘high contracting parties’, the states, but a ‘Sympolity’ (Tsatsos) of...

Sacred Islamic law (the Shariah) is applied on Greek Muslims and regulates their personal status and family relations, especially inheritance, marriage, divorce and, in the latter case, issues of custody and the award of parental responsibility. In this field the application of the Shariah does not touch upon private international law, as it is the...

The 'Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe' (henceforth 'European Constitutional Treaty' or ECT) was signed at the Intergovernmental Conference in Rome on October 29th, 2004, validated (till April 2007) by 18 out of 27 Member States and rejected in the referendums held in France and Holland in May 2005.In order to evaluate the ECT, however,...

The paper aims to have both an analytical and a normative implication on the question of what freedom of religion means for children. The analytical one aims to show that the discourse about fundamental rights as a new and sometimes acclaimed as universal narrative often runs in counter to long lasting traditions and practices. Thus its realisation...

This paper aims at highlighting the inadequacy of two draft European Directives on the family reunification of same-sex partners. These are the draft Directive on the free movement of citizens, which also applies to Union citizens residing in the Member State of their origin, and the draft Directive on family reunification, which applies to third-c...

I. Parteien und ihre innere Ordnung II. Quotenregelungen 53 A. Im Parteiengesetz 53 B. In Parteisatzungen 54 1. Frauenquoten 54 a) SPD 54 b) Die "Grünen" 55 c) CDU, CSU, F.D.P. 55 2. Andere Quoten 56 III. Arten der Quotenregelungen 56 A. Zwingende Normen – Sollvorschriften 56 B. Starre und flexible Quotenregelungen 57 C. Ämterquotierung - Mitgliede...