Lecture: Judicial Review in Times of Emergency: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Prof. Arianna Vedaschi UBocconi University, Milan (Italy) Date: 25.6.2025, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L623, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna   The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented public health emergency that shocked the world. In response to this dangerous and initially …

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Lecture: How Democratic is the Constitutionalisation of Climate Mitigation Norms in Europe?

Prof. Dr. Christina Eckes University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Date: 9.4.2025, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L623, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna   Climate litigation responds to the widespread political failures to adequately address the climate crisis. Several European courts read …

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Talking Past Each Other Across The Pond: Why Discussions Of Online Speech Regulation Between The Us And Europe Fail And What We Can Do About It

Prof. Dr. Claudia E. Haupt, Northeastern University (USA)   Date: 20.3.2025, 3:00 p.m. Venue: Room SEM 64, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | University of Vienna | Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna   Academic and policy discussions concerning online speech regulation in the United States and Europe often get stuck around …

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Lecture: Is the Court of Strasbourg a constitutional court? The Italian perspective

Prof. Dr. Diletta Tega University of Bologna (Italy) Date: 26.2.2025, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L623, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna   As you may infer from its decisions, the Strasbourg Court perceives itself as a constitutional judge, albeit of a …

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