Armin von Bogdandy

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the function of the revised identity clause in Article 4(2) TEU and propose an institutional and procedural framework in which domestic constitutional courts and the Court of Justice interact as part of a composite system of constitutional adjudication.

TL;DR: The European Council's decision at its Cologne summit that a human rights charter should be drafted for the European Union because "[P]rotection of fundamental rights is a founding principle of the Union and an indispensable prerequisite for her legitimacy" as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose the concept of "international public authority", which allows identifying all hard and soft mechanisms that constitute unilateral exercises of power, for such unilateral, public power to be legitimate, it needs to correspond to yet to be defined standards of public law.

TL;DR: In this paper, the metaphor of the "legal pyramid" as the structural representation of the relationships between international and domestic law is deconstructed on account of the internationalization of constitutional law, arguing that the pyramid is a concept linked to Kelsenian monism, which has outlived its usefulness.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an innovative approach to EU fundamental rights protection against the Member States, drawing on recent studies which have shown that the fundamental rights situation in a number of Member States is an increasing cause for concern, particularly with respect to media freedom.