![Le régime américain à l’épreuve du shutdown [Par Claire Saunier et Mathilde Laporte]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/US_Supreme_Court-e1488885455291-760x400.jpg)
The American government had to face two consecutive shutdowns since the beginning of the year. Those shutdowns shall be understood as the result of both the political context and institutional features. First of all, this paralysis has been the result of a political conflict between …
![La bataille juridique autour de l’investiture de Carles Puigdemont [Par Anthony Sfez]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1280px-Parlament_de_Catalunya-760x400.jpg)
Carles Puigdemont being in exile in Brussels and subject of an arrest warrant preventing him from entering Spain, can he officially take office as President of the Catalan government? Such is the highly debated question on which Spanish public debate tends to focus, since the …
![A Slight Case of Overblocking : Les enjeux constitutionnels de la loi allemande sur les réseaux sociaux [Par Jörn Reinhardt]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-1148035_1280-760x400.jpg)
A new German law against online hate speech requires social media platforms to remove « illegal content » within a short period of time. A challenge for freedom of expression. En vertu d’une nouvelle loi allemande contre le discours de haine en ligne, les …
![Que peut-on attendre du référendum de 2018 sur la pleine souveraineté de la Nouvelle-Calédonie ? [Par Géraldine Giraudeau]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-cropped-header-760x350.jpg)
The self-determination consultation to be held in 2018 carries important issues, as the Prime Minister’s visit to New Caledonia recently recalled. If a result in favour of the full sovereignty of the sui generis collectivity would lead to its secession from French territory, the consequences …
![Une réforme de la justice en trompe l’œil : la déconstruction de l’Etat de droit en Pologne [Par Wojciech Zagorski]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dl.maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com_-760x400.jpg){kind=tracking}
Once subjugated the Constitutional Tribunal, the United Right coalition, in power in Poland since 2015, brings forward plans to assert control over Polish judiciary, including the Supreme Court. Considering the next year’s local elections, and the project of a new electoral code, the relevance of …
![Réformer la Chambre des communes ? Le point de vue du Speaker [Par Pascal Guillon]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Palace_of_Westminster_London_-_Feb_2007-760x400.jpg)
The Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has delivered a speech on October 11th during a conference entitled “Opening up the Usual Channels: next steps for reform of the House of Commons” in which he called for a new reform of the parliamentary …
![Quand la Cour constitutionnelle allemande repousse les limites du droit d’information du Parlement (Décision du 7 novembre 2017, n°2 BvE 2/11) [Par Matthieu Bertozzo]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Karlsruhe_bundesverfassungsgericht-760x400.jpg)
The recent decision of November 7th 2017 of the federal constitutional Court of Karlsruhe emphasizes the importance of government’s accountability to Parliament. It invalidates the German government’s failure to provide information to members of the Bundestag concerning independent administrative authorities and state-owned companies and tends …
![Crise politique allemande et pouvoirs méconnus du Président fédéral [Par Olivier Beaud]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bundestag-1329910_1280-760x400.jpg)
The political crisis that currently hits Germany tends to emphasize the rather unknown role of the German President. The position being currently held by a key political figure – Walter Steinmeier – the constitutional powers of the President can no longer be disregarded. La …
![Qui a peur de l’assemblée constituante ? Le référendum sur la constitutional convention de l’État de New York [Par Eleonora Bottini]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Vote-non-bottini-1-760x400.jpg)
On November 7th, the holding of constitutional convention in order to rewrite the New York State Constitution has been massively rejected by a popular vote. This result is particularly surprising because of the constant call for a higher participation of the people in a democracy. …
De l’avis presque unanime de la presse internationale, le Parlement catalan aurait déclaré l’indépendance de la Catalogne. Quatre éléments remettent en question cette théorie et tendent par ailleurs à montrer que la stratégie des souverainistes, tant sur le plan politique que judiciaire, ne relève pas …
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