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 …

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 …

Lecture: The Electoral Law and Italy’s “Premiership” Reform: what changes?

Prof. Dr. Lara Trucco University of Genoa (Italy) Date: 28.5.2025, 6:00 p.m. Venue: Room L623, 6th floor | Faculty of Law | Sigmund Freud University | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Vienna   For decades, Italy has been grappling with a whirlwind of continuous electoral reforms, to the point that the “Italian …

Vortrag: Kolonialrecht als Ambiguität

Prof. Dr. Matthias Goldmann, LL.M. (NYU) EBS Law School (Deutschland) Zeit: 20.3.2025, 12:00 Uhr Ort: Raum L603, 6. Stock | Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät | Sigmund Freud Universität | Lassallestraße 3, 1020 Wien   Kolonialrecht – das ist das durch Kolonialmächte vornehmlich zur Zeit des historischen Kolonialismus gesetzte Recht, einschließlich des Völkerrechts …

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 …