The post explores the debate over limiting the voting rights of Member States joining the European Union during its enlargement. Although under the EU’s founding treaties, new members receive full rights upon accession, a new proposal suggests that the veto

This article analyzes the 2025 amendment to the Constitution of the Slovak Republic as an expression of constitutional self-definition within the European legal order. It argues that Slovakia’s assertion of competence in ethical and cultural questions represents neither isolationism nor

The idea of constitutional supremacy sounds attractive: a legalistic, non-partisan, essentially non-human document hovering above a state and guiding major institutions and constitutional actors towards desired outcomes. Who wouldn’t want that? That is…until you start digging into what actually occurs

There were cases in the last months which have called attention to freedom of expression in universities and the academic sphere in Hungary. Academic freedom is extremely diverse: it encompasses many things, from the freedom of educators to choose their

David Hein’s 2025 book titled “Teaching the Virtues“ looks at the important topic of civic education and its priorities between building an “ academic mind“ or a moral character. Reforming civic education is a central question in the American youth

In the second part of this article series, I explored the possible options available to small island states facing submersion, focusing on how they might preserve their statehood. In this final installment, I turn to the concept of a virtual

Generative Language Models have significantly accelerated text production, and academic publishing is no exception. Increasingly, we see texts that appear fluent and polished but are built on shaky internal structures. The peer review process remains a bottleneck, so errors and

Since 2023, the conversation around generative AI has been shifting, slowly but steadily, from “it answers” to “it acts”. The newest tools do not only produce text. They can also take steps on a user’s behalf across websites and digital

“We made too many wrong mistakes.”

The implementation of Artificial Intelligence in managerial contexts represents a significant transformation that raises deeply complex questions from a contemporary legal and constitutional perspective. Although technology is frequently presented as a neutral tool for productive optimization and increasing organizational efficiency,

Rethinking Autonomy in the Age of Extraction In 1983, the German Federal Constitutional Court recognized a new constitutional right: informational self-determination. The decision—known as the Census Act Case (Volkszählungsurteil)—held that individuals must retain control over how their personal data is collected and

“If freedom of expression is sacrificed in the struggle for democracy, there will no longer be anything worth fighting for.” This is a citation from a decision of the Czech Constitutional Court, which deals in detail with the case of