The Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien (ZEuS) is published by the Europa-Institut, law department, of Saarland University since 1998. The concept of ZEuS is a wide one: the journal addresses current aspects and fundamental problems connected with European Integration, European law and International law. Consisting of articles especially in German and English which commentate on current developments in the law, ZEuS offers an ideal forum for contributors of both academic and professional backgrounds. Moreover, ZEuS makes a conscious effort to provide young academics and students with the opportunity to have their work published. Finally, all speeches held at the Europa-Institut are published in ZEuS. Website: www.zeus.nomos.de
This critique of human rights tries to assess challenges which may impede human rights to achieve their aims. Human rights are, in this context, international rights binding on States by international law. The challenges come from outside,...
The Russian attack on Ukraine has (once again) brought the contrast between a rules-based international order and power politics into focus as the fundamental conflict of the 21st century. The proponents of power politics are guided by Carl...
The divide between human rights and their implementation seems wider than ever – on the one hand, state responsibility is increasingly being codified into law, most recently in the field of environmental policy, while on the other hand, human...
The profileration of platform-based business models within cross-marktet digital ecosystems represents a profound challenge to the principles of the social market economy. Major digital cooperations such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Booking, or...
The study reproduced here deals with situations in which activities planned or authorised by a State could have significant transboundary and adverse effects. It first examines an advisory opinion issued by the International Tribunal for the Law of...
In his government statement on February 27, 2022, following the launch of Russia's all-out war of aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, former Chancellor Olaf Scholz used the term "Zeitenwende" (a turning point) to contextualize the...
The doctrine of proportionality as it evolved in precedent and jurisprudence is based on the idea of the Rechtstaat or constitutional state based on the rule of law and human rights as foundational principles of the Basic Law (as the German...
An enlargement of the European Union (EU) is back on the European agenda. But without a reform of the EU it may lead to an „overstretch“ and therefore to disintegration. Nonetheless, tackling the ongoing European ‘polycrisis’ by adequate...
Although the term “standards” may sometimes lead to misunderstandings, technical standards (norms) are very different from legal standards (norms), both institutionally and on the substance. Institutionally, there are two independent...
The paper offers some critical thoughts on the overextension of law as an instru-ment to resolve what are, in essence, political questions and controversies. Against a backdrop of the erosion of institutional trust, populism, and the legitimacy of...
Under the principle of subsidiarity in Article 5(3) TEU, the European Union shall only act if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can be sufficiently achieved by the Member States (negative criterion). Furthermore, it is necessary...