Gender equality under Italian family law: different approaches of the Italian Constitutional Court After 30 years of waiting for a legislative intervention, the Italian Constitutional Court is ‘rewriting’ the rule of surname attribution to children, the legacy of an outdated marital power that is contrary to the constitutional principles of equality. Matteo Greco • July 01, 2022
The Italian Constitutional Court balancing mining activity interests A recent ECJ ruling has referred to environmental protection in relation to procedures for seabed exploitation. Opportunities for the Italian Constitutional Court? Giorgio Cataldo • June 30, 2022
Strategic climate litigation and polarisation: Fanning or smothering the flames of societal conflicts? What, if any, should the role of courts be in reconciling the pressing need for climate action in an atmosphere of deep-running social tension? Christina Eckes • June 28, 2022
Would you rather be sentenced by a human or a machine? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere and in the future its impact on human life will only increase. What role can AI have in sentencing criminal cases? Can AI replace human judges in meting out punishment? Sigrid van Wingerden and Mojca Plesničar • June 27, 2022
Financial and technical assistance to the energy transition: A long and winding road? The recent energy crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict has revealed pressing issues related to envisaged energy transition. The clock is ticking. Yuanyuan Mo, Brage Bungum Gallis, Raghav Mittal and Viktorya Martirosyan • June 24, 2022
Evaluating transformative constitutionalism in South Africa A view from the mineral rights’ adjudication looking glass. Jackie Dugard • June 23, 2022
Legal mobilization in the field of asylum law: A revival of political opportunity structures? Increasingly, courts are now institutions where collective actors, like NGOs, want to achieve change. The field of European asylum law is no different in that sense. But who are these actors and why choose litigation as a strategy? Kris van der Pas • June 21, 2022
Labelingsplicht voor PFAS om erger te voorkomen PFAS komen steeds vaker in het nieuws vanwege de gevaarlijke eigenschappen en risico’s voor het milieu en de volksgezondheid. Er wordt gewerkt aan een Europees verbod van PFAS, maar in de tussentijd zou een labelingsplicht het gebruik kunnen laten afnemen Claudia Keppel and Carijn van Duijl • June 20, 2022
Courts as social engineers: A social genesis of judicial decisions? The perceived development of courts into arenas for societal change comes with many questions. One can question, for example, whether the courtroom forms the right place for bringing societal change about. Stijn van Deursen • June 17, 2022
