Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | Prof. Dr. Brun-Otto Bryde, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | Dr. Fabia Fernandes Carvalho, University of Melbourne | Prof. Dr. Philipp Dann, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin | Prof. Dr. Anuscheh Farahat, Universität Wien | Prof. Dr. Isabel Feichtner, Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg | Prof. Dr. James Fowkes, Universität Münster | Prof. Dr. Michaela Hailbronner, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | Prof. Dr. Florian Hoffmann, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, | Prof. Heinz Klug, S.J.D. J.D., B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison | Prof. Dr. Michael Riegner, Universität Erfurt | Prof. Arun Thiruvengadam, Azim Premji University India | Prof. Dr. Axel Tschentscher, Universität Bern
People’s faith in constitutionalism has become an essential factor in how politics are shaped and performed all over the world. Especially in post-socialist and postcolonial countries constitutions have become icons of national identification but...
On 16 June 2017 a special bill on the abdication of the Emperor was promulgated in Japan thereby allowing Emperor Akihito, 83 years old at that time, to step down, the first Emperor to do so in the last 200 years. At first sight, this decision...