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Taking into account the real political and legal context, the article (critically) analyzes the latest trends in the development of the institution of the human rights commissioner (ombudsman) in the Russian Federation, based on the analysis of the...

Religion is one of the significant influencing factors of Russian statehood, which cannot be filtered out from the socio-political processes in any historical period. The Russian-Orthodox Church continuously accompanied and, at times, decisively...

This article explores selected legal and political questions concerning Austria’s constitutionally enshrined principle of “perpetual neutrality.” It examines both authoritative and scholarly Soviet and post-Soviet interpretations in this...

In the wake of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union (EU) has imposed comprehensive, unprecedented – indeed, seemingly draconian – sanctions on Russia. One of the key elements of these measures is the freezing of...

Russian law on pledges of movables was substantially reformed in the course of the major civil law reform of the last decade. Under the Russian Civil Code, pledges are accessory in nature and typically non-possessory. This allows the pledgor to...

The article provides an overview of the special procedural provisions adopted by Russia in 2020 to protect litigants affected by foreign economic sanctions directed against Russia (Articles 248.1 and 248.2 of the Russian Arbitrazh Procedure Code)....

As a result of domestic political tensions from 1905 onward, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to grant Russia a constitutional text. These State Principles of the Russian Empire contained numerous provisions concerning the monarch, but in no way...

In this article, the author analyses Russia's legal responses to the sanctions imposed since 2022. He argues that the numerous legislative changes and regulations do not represent a series of isolated crisis measures, but rather part of a coherent,...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022 had far-reaching consequences in many areas. Even the extremely necessary cooperation between Western countries and Russia in the fields of climate change, environmental protection and nature...

Since the fundamental constitutional reform in 2020, initiated by President Putin, the state organization of the Russian Federation has been undergoing a transformation. This affects not only the state level, but also the level of the Subjects of...

Currently, numerous privately-owned enterprises are being nationalized in Russia. Instead of conducting formal expropriation, the state argues the illegality of the current ownership structures and files lawsuits to achieve the transfer of company...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the provisions on secrecy of court decision-making introduced by the Law of Ukraine No. 4173-IX effective from 8 February 2025, the prerequisites for their adoption, and the first problematic issues of their...

Polish law provides for exceptions to the statute of limitations for certain claims connected with rights in rem. A particular constellation is disputed: If a third person builds a structure on a plot of land and the value of the structure...

Human dignity is a right according to the Constitution of Ukraine, but it was not in the focus of the of the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. But in April 2018, the court started his new approach towards this right. The human...

This article examines the possibility and the application of monetary non-pecuniary damages in the case of infringement of a legal person’s good name under Polish law. This article analyses how non-pecuniary damages to a legal person can be...

The contribution illustrates principal deficiencies of the existing tax dispute resolution system in Serbia, with a special focus on the absence of court specialisation in tax matters. The core of the paper presents the author’s research...

The Court of Appeal recently decided that the termination of a continuing distribution relationship between two companies is permissible, emphasizing the continuous nature of obligations. The difference between termination and rescission was...

This commentary provides a comprehensive analysis of the judgment issued by the Polish Supreme Court on 31 March 2020 (ref. II CSK 124/19), which centers on the liability of ecclesiastical legal persons for damages attributed to the pedophile...

This commentary provides an analysis of the Polish Supreme Court’s resolution from February 26, 2021 (ref. III CZP 24/20), which addresses the complexities surrounding holographic wills, particularly regarding the designation of beneficiaries. The...

The Supreme Court's ruling in case II CSKP 765/22 analyzed contract termination effects under art. 494 of the Civil Code, involving a disagreement between a cardiology health institution and a hospital. The Court found that termination led to...