VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

The dissolution of Parliament is one of the most important prerogatives of the Executive in Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential Systems. Nevertheless, most comparative legal systems have long regarded the use of such a prerogative as a...

This article addresses land legal conflicts in Brazil arising from the overlapping of protected areas with traditionally occupied territories. This legal practice is inspired by the American and European environmental protection models, which...

Scholars and judges have disagreed on an appropriate judicial definition of religion. Notably, scholarship has argued that definitions of religion are either underinclusive or over-inclusive. While this line of scholarship has achieved a significant...

Research reveals that more women than men are victims of marital or spousal rape, a persistent issue in many African marriages due to the archaic belief that wives are the property of their husbands. This belief is rooted in the idea, that upon...

Post-colonial legal theory has tended to focus on the binary of the Global North and the Global South, but it may also be helpful to understand constitutional development and “democratic backsliding” in Eastern Europe. This is shown by William...

Despite the formal end of colonial rule in Africa, (neo-)colonial structures continue shaping parts of the continent. Against this situation, the concept of an African Renaissance envisions the rebirth of the continent and its rise from oppression....