It started as a notebookđź““ accompanying my course on Europäisches Arbeitsrecht (European Labour Law) in 1995, became the first in Germany in 1997, and has now made its fourth edition! Thanks to the infinite patience of Nomos Publishers, and the stepping in of Rebecca Zahn as co-author, here it is after a long break (3rd … Continue reading Publication Alert (April 2025): European Labour Law 4th edition (in German)
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New LLM/MA module “The Role of Law in the Future of Europe
This is to distribute some basic information about a brand new module I am able to offer at University College Cork in the academic year 2022/23. It has been opened for a number of LLM / MA programmes, but the students in these programmes will not know me! I have been at UCC from December … Continue reading New LLM/MA module “The Role of Law in the Future of Europe
The US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade – reflections on the role of constitutional courts in federal entities
On 24 June 2022 the US Supreme Court overturned a judgement it had given in the 1970s. Back then, the US Supreme Court found that reproductive self-determination is a human right for women, and that US states must not outlaw abortion. In 2022, the Supreme Court found Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that there … Continue reading The US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade – reflections on the role of constitutional courts in federal entities
Social media lent 2020
As last year, I resolved to keep an unconventional lent: to refrain from contributing to twitter (and limit my facebook time to 15 minutes a day). Why twitter specifically? A couple of points in March 2017 we acquired a cute terrier (Tess) from the dog trust, and I joined twitter. My productivity went down from … Continue reading Social media lent 2020
26 February 2018: Jeremy Corbyn’s vision of Brexit….some comments
Is there a vision in Jeremy Corbyn's much reported speech on "Brexit"? And – what will it mean for the island of Ireland? This blog uses parts of the speech of 26 February 2018 (copy pasted from https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/full-text-jeremy-corbyns-brexit-speech-2/ text in italics and and bold) in an attempt to make sense of the new positioning of … Continue reading 26 February 2018: Jeremy Corbyn’s vision of Brexit….some comments
Introducing EU Law Critique & other items
Why I am doing this - combining critique of EU and support of European integration
EU Law Critique 