![La mise en scène de l’État de droit, Décision n° 2017-691 QPC du 16 février 2018, Farouk B. [Par Patricia Rrapi]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Conseil_Constitutionnel_Paris-e1488026126885-760x400.jpg)
In the case of Farouk B., the Constitutional Council decided a “priority question of constitutionality” (QPC) regarding the new article L. 228-2 of the Internal Security Code (CSI) of France. The Council upheld the use of house arrest in common administrative cases, even though the …
![L’Italie désorientée après le vote : les fautes (partielles) d’une loi électorale qui n’assure ni la gouvernabilité ni la représentativité [Par Nicoletta Perlo]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1024px-RomaPalazzoQuirinale-760x400.jpg)
On March 4, 2018 were held the legislative elections in Italy. The iter that led to the adoption of the electoral law of November 3, 2017 as well as its contents make it possible to highlight, on the one hand, the reinforced role of the …
![Les Pentagon Papers ou la politique entre mensonges et dissimulations [Par Cécile Guérin-Bargues]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/architecture-building-monument-america-landmark-facade-1108837-pxhere.com_-760x400.jpg)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, « The Post » (or « Pentagon Papers » in France) depicts the true story of attempts by journalists to publish the Pentagon Papers, classified documents regarding the 30-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War. The film is a good reminder of a series of events …
![Les modifications récentes de la loi organique sur le corps électoral en Nouvelle-Calédonie [Par Mathias Chauchat]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-cropped-header-760x350.jpg)
On February 20, the French Senate passed a new bill which will amend the institutional law organizing the referendum to be on the future of New Caledonia. This modification is the second one since August 2015. As the referendum date draws near, legal and political …
![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 …
![Comment j’ai appris à ne plus m’en faire et à (presque) aimer le recours à l’article 11 pour réviser la Constitution. [Par Mathieu Carpentier]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Elysée_Palace_Paris_2005-e1488219868403-760x400.jpg)
An old, yet still unsettled debate has resurfaced in the recent weeks on whether or not it is lawful for the President of the French Republic to call an Article 11 referendum for the purpose of amending the Constitution. In this blog, I try and …
“Is it relevant to reduce the number of seats in Parliament?” That is the question that is currently being asked in France. Well, the answer to this question depends on the way the idea of representation, which is quite complex, is understood. Whatever may be the …
![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 …
![Les députés doivent-ils être neutres ? Brèves réflexions sur la récente réglementation de la tenue vestimentaire à l’Assemblée nationale [Par Elina Lemaire]](https://blog.juspoliticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/pexels-photo-548164-760x400.jpg)
On January 24, 2018, the French Assemblée nationale decided to define a dress code in Parliament: from now on, the deputies have to wear neutral clothing. This decision raises some constitutional issues, particularly regarding the French principle of religious neutrality, the theory of representation, and …
![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 …
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