von Bogdandy/Bast: Europäisches Verfassungsrecht, 2nd Edition Out Now

Six years after the first publication a second updated and expended German version of the established and very well received volume on European Constitutional Law edited by Armin von Bogdandy and Jürgen Bast from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law has been published.  The volume bringing together German authors with [...]

ECJ on the duty of Member States to eliminate incompatibilities of investment agreements with the EC Treaty

Today the ECJ issued two judgments on the failure of Member States to adopt appropriate measures to eliminate incompatibilities of bilateral investment agreements  which they entered into with third countries prior to their accession to the EU.  The Court ruled that Austria (Case C-205/06) and Sweden (C-249/06) have failed to fulfil their obligations according to [...]

First UN Security Council Decison on Kosovo since its Independence Proclamation

Yesterday, the UN Security Council agreed for the first time on Kosovo since the country’s  independence proclamation in February this year and gave green light for further reconfiguration of the international civil presence in Kosovo with EULEX as the main future actor. As the Council was briefed on the implementation of its resolutions on Kosovo, most respectively Resolution 1244 (1999), it [...]

ICJ to Give Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Kosovo`s Independence

Yesterday, the UN General Assembly by 77 votes in favor, 6 votes against and 74 Member States abstaining backed Serbia’s proposal to submit the question of the legality of Kosovo’s independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).  According to the resolution the ICJ will thus have to give an opinion on whether “the unilateral [...]

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