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EnglishConstitutional Law / Federal Courts

September 1, 2026 · 8 min read

Supreme Court stays injunction against White House East Wing construction in National Park Service v. National Trust for Historic Preservation

On August 31, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a per curiam opinion granting the federal government's application for a stay of a preliminary injunction that had halted above-ground construction of a new White House East Wing. The Court found the government likely to succeed on the merits, principally on the ground that the plaintiff organization had not established Article III standing.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 27, 2026 · 7 min read

Kuyumjyan v. Armenia: pre-trial detention and the requirement for relevant and sufficient reasons under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Kuyumjyan v. Armenia (Application no. 24627/16), delivered on 27 August 2026, in which the Court found a violation of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention on account of the failure of Armenian domestic courts to provide relevant and sufficient reasons for the applicant's pre-trial detention.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 26, 2026 · 9 min read

Papandile v. Albania: career transition during vetting and the 15-year ban under Article G of the Albanian Constitution

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Papandile v. Albania (application no. 38771/23), delivered on 25 August 2026, concerning a 15-year ban on appointment to justice sector posts imposed on a former Constitutional Court legal adviser whose vetting proceedings were discontinued after he transitioned to the role of Secretary General.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 26, 2026 · 10 min read

Alishov and Others v. Azerbaijan: excessive length of criminal proceedings and freedom of movement under the European Convention on Human Rights

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment of 25 August 2026 in Alishov and Others v. Azerbaijan (Applications nos. 25527/23 and 2 others), examining findings on the excessive length of criminal proceedings under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and restrictions on freedom of movement under Article 2 of Protocol No. 4.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 26, 2026 · 11 min read

Aleksieva and others v. Bulgaria: demolition of a Roma settlement and the right to respect for the home under Article 8 ECHR

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Aleksieva and Others v. Bulgaria (Application no. 30915/23), concerning the demolition of a Roma settlement in Bulgaria without adequate procedural safeguards, proportionality assessment, or meaningful participation by the affected residents.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 25, 2026 · 8 min read

Ekicikol v. Türkiye: weekend prison visits and the right to family life under Article 8

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Ekicikol v. Türkiye (Application no. 1991/21), concerning the restriction of weekend visits to a detained parent's school-age children and the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the Convention.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 25, 2026 · 10 min read

Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2): Grand Chamber judgment on detention, fair trial, and freedom of expression

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber judgment of 25 August 2026 in Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2), examining findings on exhaustion of domestic remedies, deprivation of liberty, fair trial guarantees, freedom of expression and assembly, inhuman punishment, and the obligation to execute the Court's judgment.

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EnglishConstitutional Law / Election Law

August 25, 2026 · 7 min read

Trump v. California: the Supreme Court stays a district court injunction against an election integrity executive order

An educational overview of the Supreme Court's August 24, 2026 per curiam opinion in Trump v. California (No. 26A124), in which the Court granted the federal government's application to stay a district court injunction blocking implementation of Executive Order No. 14399 on election integrity, finding the government likely to succeed on jurisdictional grounds.

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EnglishEU Immigration and Asylum Law

August 13, 2026 · 12 min read

Access to classified information in return proceedings: the Court of Justice rules in case C-26/25

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment of 16 July 2026 in case C-26/25 (PQ v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Alkotmányvédelmi Hivatal), examining the intersection of EU return law, national security classifications, and the rights of third-country nationals who are family members of Union citizens.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 10, 2026 · 10 min read

Pouros v. Greece: fair trial rights and the duty to give reasons for rejecting expert evidence

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Pouros v. Greece (Application no. 74259/17, 16 July 2026), examining the Court's assessment of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3(d) of the Convention in the context of a negligent homicide conviction where domestic courts dismissed requests for expert reports and witness examination without adequate reasoning.

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EnglishEU sanctions law

August 7, 2026 · 8 min read

EU restrictive measures and freedom of movement: the Court of Justice ruling in Timchenko v Council (Case C-399/25 P)

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union judgment of 16 July 2026 in Case C-399/25 P, examining how the concept of 'association' under Decision 2014/145/CFSP applies to family relationships and how restrictive measures interact with the freedom of movement rights of EU citizens under Article 21 TFEU and Article 45(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 3, 2026 · 8 min read

Conviction on appeal without rehearing witnesses: Matei and Others v. the Republic of Moldova

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment of 16 July 2026 in Matei and Others v. the Republic of Moldova (Application no. 49015/16), in which the Court found a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention because the Chișinău Court of Appeal reversed an acquittal and convicted the applicants without directly rehearing the victim and key witnesses.

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EnglishEU law / judicial cooperation in civil matters

August 3, 2026 · 10 min read

Post-mortem genetic testing and cross-border evidence: the Court of Justice rules on exhumation requests under Regulation (EU) 2020/1783

An analysis of the Grand Chamber judgment in Case C-196/24, examining when a requested court in one EU Member State may refuse to execute a cross-border evidence request involving the exhumation of a body for post-mortem DNA testing to establish parentage, and how Articles 1 and 7 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights bear on that assessment.

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EnglishEU institutional law

August 3, 2026 · 9 min read

Non-contractual liability of the EU for OLAF investigation leaks: the IMG v Commission judgment

An analysis of the Court of Justice judgment in Case C-559/23 P, examining the conditions under which the European Union may incur non-contractual liability for the unauthorised disclosure of an OLAF investigation report to the press, including questions of imputability, burden of proof, damage, the limitation period for damages actions, and the confidentiality of legal opinions.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 2, 2026 · 8 min read

Vegan diet in detention and the right to freedom of thought: G.K. and A.S. v. Switzerland

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment of 16 July 2026 in G.K. and A.S. v. Switzerland (Applications nos. 55299/20 and 31515/22), in which the Court found violations of Articles 9 and 13 of the Convention arising from Switzerland's failure to provide a substantive examination of the applicants' requests for fully vegan diets while in pre-trial detention and involuntary psychiatric care respectively.

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EnglishEU Law / Rule of Law

August 2, 2026 · 7 min read

Judicial independence and the composition of review panels in the Polish Supreme Court: case C-748/23

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment of 16 July 2026 in case C-748/23, examining EU law requirements on judicial independence, impartiality, and the consequences of irregularities in the appointment of judges sitting on review panels within the Polish Supreme Court.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 2, 2026 · 9 min read

Freedom of peaceful assembly and proportionality of sanctions: Rădulescu Dobrogea and Ciurea v. Romania

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment of 16 July 2026 in Rădulescu Dobrogea and Ciurea v. Romania, examining the Court's findings on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly under Article 11 read in light of Article 10 of the Convention, and the proportionality of administrative fines imposed on participants in a peaceful public protest in Bucharest.

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EnglishLegal Education

August 1, 2026 · 9 min read

West Virginia v. B.P.J.: what the Supreme Court decided about biological sex and school sports

An educational overview of the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 opinion in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (No. 24-43), examining the Court's holdings on Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause as they apply to state laws restricting female sports teams to biological females.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

August 1, 2026 · 10 min read

S.T. v. the Czech Republic: death following prone restraint, racial bias, and the state's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights

An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in S.T. v. the Czech Republic (Application no. 28273/23, 16 July 2026), examining the Court's findings on the death of a Roma man following a police prone-restraint intervention, the adequacy of the domestic investigation, and the obligation to investigate potential racial motivation under Articles 2, 3, and 14 of the Convention.

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EnglishEU Financial Regulation

August 1, 2026 · 7 min read

Payment services and the limits of EU law: the Court of Justice rules on intermediary fund transfers in Case C-51/25

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment of 16 July 2026 in Case C-51/25, Betaal Garant Nederland CV v De Nederlandsche Bank NV, examining how the Court interpreted the concepts of 'payment service' and 'credit transfer' under Directive (EU) 2015/2366 in the context of a tripartite intermediary arrangement.

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EnglishEU sanctions law / procedural law

July 31, 2026 · 6 min read

Dana Astra IOOO v Council of the EU: time limits, admissibility, and Belarus sanctions in Case C-363/25 P

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment of 16 July 2026 in Case C-363/25 P, examining the procedural time-limit rules under Article 263 TFEU, the admissibility of annulment actions brought out of time, and the substantive assessment of EU restrictive measures maintained against a Belarusian property development company.

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EnglishEU Law / Sports Law / Fundamental Rights

July 31, 2026 · 9 min read

Sports disciplinary sanctions and EU law: the Court of Justice ruling in ZD v FIGC (Case C-424/24)

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment of 16 July 2026 in Case C-424/24, examining how disciplinary sanctions imposed by a national sports association on professional football club directors interact with EU internal market freedoms, the principle of proportionality, and the fundamental right to an effective judicial remedy.

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EnglishElection Law

July 31, 2026 · 8 min read

Supreme Court strikes down FECA's political-party coordinated-expenditure limits: what the ruling means

An educational overview of the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, in which the Court held that the Federal Election Campaign Act's limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates violate the First Amendment.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

July 30, 2026 · 9 min read

Pre-trial detention in wartime Ukraine: the Court's judgment in Kolesnyk and Smelnytskyy v. Ukraine

An educational overview of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Kolesnyk and Smelnytskyy v. Ukraine (Applications nos. 24465/23 and 25217/23), examining the Court's assessment of pre-trial detention under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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EnglishEU Environmental Law

July 30, 2026 · 8 min read

Habitats Directive and special protection areas: what the Court of Justice ruled in case C-27/25

An analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union judgment of 16 July 2026 in joined cases C-27/25 and C-356/25, examining the interpretation of Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive in the context of appropriate assessment and screening where site-specific conservation objectives for a special protection area have not been set.

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EnglishEU Law / Public Finance / Judicial Protection

July 30, 2026 · 9 min read

EU law, amnesty, and the protection of public funds: the Court of Justice ruling in Case C-523/24

An educational analysis of the Grand Chamber judgment of 16 July 2026 in Case C-523/24, examining how EU law on the protection of the Union's financial interests and the right to effective judicial protection interact with a national amnesty law that extinguishes accounting liability without full procedural examination.

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EnglishConstitutional Law

July 29, 2026 · 8 min read

Birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment: understanding Trump v. Barbara (2026)

An educational overview of the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision in Trump v. Barbara, No. 25-365, which addressed whether children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause.

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EnglishLegal Education

July 27, 2026 · 7 min read

Judicial authority and legal frameworks: understanding supreme court opinions and European Union law

An educational overview of how the United States Supreme Court publishes its opinions and how the European Union makes its law accessible through official channels, examining the institutional roles and legal significance of each system.

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EnglishHuman Rights Law

July 27, 2026 · 6 min read

The right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights

An educational overview of the guarantees provided by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, drawing on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and relevant European Union legal instruments.

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EnglishLegal Education

July 27, 2026 · 5 min read

Judicial authority and legal frameworks: understanding supreme court opinions and EU law

An educational overview of how the United States Supreme Court issues opinions and how European Union law is published and accessed, drawing on official institutional sources.

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