Law

The European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has undergone a remarkable development. This transformation challenges its former intergovernmental reception and instead positions the CFSP as an integral part of the EU's supranational legal framework.

Daniel Krotov examines the procedural means by which the Federal Constitutional Court and Conseil constitutionnel seek to assert their position vis-à-vis ordinary courts in areas superimposed by European human rights and EU law, and highlights the consequences of these strategies for their relationship.

For disputes concerning digital goods, we still apply the laws that date back to a time long before digitalisation and the internet. This practice is now often reaching its limits. Based on the question of which jurisdictional interests the law follows, the author makes concrete proposals for resolving jurisdictional issues in disputes over digital goods.

According to the Basic Law, political parties participate in the formation of political will, even though other political associations also contribute to this process as democratic intermediaries. Therefore, constitutional law should address the deficits of political parties and make better use of the democratic potential of political associations.