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I remember, as a child, fantasising about having the ability to retain everything I read for future use. It’d work as pure magic. Today, as major publishers strike unprecedented deals to share their entire journal catalogues with AI platforms, we are witnessing…
Die Niederlande haben vor zwei Jahren als erstes Land weltweit die aktive Sterbehilfe für Kinder zwischen 1 und 12 Jahren legalisiert. Die mit Einführung des Gesetzes eingerichtete niederländische Beurteilungskommission hat nun ihren ersten Bericht zu einem Fall aus dem…
As the Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni prepares to enter the final year of its term, already the longest running executive of the 80 years old Republic, its latest move has been the approval of new electoral legislation. This…
The making of climate law is a distinctly global exercise. Perhaps more than in many other areas of law, climate litigation develops through a conversation across jurisdictions, as litigants borrow arguments, evidence, and strategies from proceedings elsewhere, while judges engage…
With Flávio Bolsonaro winning the first round of the Brazilian presidential election and his party securing a ruling majority in Congress, the rise of the Latin American far right continues apace. The phenomenon is not a collection of isolated data…
SPIEGEL, Cicero und jetzt DIE ZEIT. Wieder einmal setzt ein Gericht die Pressefreiheit mit Durchsuchungsbeschlüssen unter Druck. Anders als bei der SPIEGEL-Affäre in den 1960er Jahren und der Durchsuchung beim Cicero in den 2000er Jahren geht es diesmal nicht um…