This paper discusses the positions of the (member) state legislatures in the US and the EU and their contribution as political safeguards of federalism. It takes as a case study the role of the US National Conference of the State Legislators in the monitoring of unfunded federal … [Read more...]

For decades, controversy has dogged claims about whether and to what extent international law binds international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund. The question has important consequences for humanitarian law, economic rights, and … [Read more...]

This paper questions to what extent European citizenship matters for the status and rights of third country nationals (TCNs) in the EU, and how the underlying rationales of European citizenship may contribute to a rethinking of the rules of engagement and cooperation in the … [Read more...]

Legal pluralism has gained ground as a framework for lawmaking in transnational private law in times of globalization. Yet, its descriptive and normative underpinnings are underexplored. Why would it offer a better framework than state-centric, positivist views which have served … [Read more...]

We argue that the characterization of the financial turmoil in the European Monetary Union as merely a sovereign debt crisis is inaccurate insofar as the deterioration of public finances represents the culmination of a process: legal and institutional flaws laid the ground for a … [Read more...]