VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

On April 28th, 2016, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. This decision draws on the jurisprudence of courts in other countries which have decided, since 2002, that excluding...

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Gabon, established in 1991, enjoys all the competences of comparable African Constitutional Courts, influenced by the French Constitutional Law. Especially the execution of its competence regarding...

Comparative law seems to suggest that constitutions, and the accompanying ideology of constitutionalism, cross national and cultural borders seamlessly, making Global Constitutionalism a likely reality. Yet, there are constitutional items - odd...