Constitutional Court Decides NPD-Party Ban Case On 17 January 2017 the German Federal Constitutional Court issued its long-awaited judgment on the federal states’ application to ban the National Democratic Party of Germany.  The…

Special Issue: Constitutional Dimensions of the Refugee Crisis At least for today, Americans have made their choice.  America will not be a society of inclusion, tolerance, and dynamism.  It will be a society…

Liberal Democracy’s Crisis in Turkey The German Law Journal is following developments in Turkey with increasing alarm.  We fear that this exceptional country’s democratic journey has reached a perilous, perhaps even existential, moment.…

German Law Journal and Legal History The German Law Journal has a long-running interest in the law’s historical position, not the least because our transnational understanding of the law requires us to be…

The GLJ and Brazil’s Summer Games With the world’s eyes turned toward Rio and the summer games, the German Law Journal is pleased to have published this month the smart contribution from Brazilian…

We Stand with Orlando – GLJ Special Section on Same-Sex Marriage In equal measure the editors of the German Law Journal express their outrage over the recent carnage at the Pulse Nightclub in…

German Law Journal and a Loud “No” to Brexit The German Law Journal has a proud history of publishing in the fields of European, Transnational, and Comparative law. Much of this work engages,…

GLJ at the ICON.S Conference – Berlin 19 June 2016 The ICON.S meeting in Berlin from 17-19 June 2016 gave us the unique chance to reflect on the role of transnational legal publishing…