ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien

Accountability is a central concept in legal studies of the European Central Bank (ECB). It is seen as necessary to improve the democratic legitimacy of the bank. This article presents two arguments why the emphasis on (democratic) accountability is...

This article analyses the antitrust implications of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) of the European Union, in particular with regard to the newly introduced instruments of off-take agreements (Art. 17 CRMA) and systems of aggregated demand...

If the legitimizing function of deliberative public sphere models is recognized in the sense that Habermas suggests, this functional understanding of the public sphere can contribute to legitimizing authority of the European Union within the...

Sixty years have passed since the entry into force of the Ankara Agreement, which established an association between the European Union (EU) and Türkiye. Broadly speaking, during the first half of this period, the Parties established the current...

Protectionist measures in favor of financial institutions, in particular in the form of “bail-out packages”, as well as those of regulatory nature, regularly become the focus of political and public attention in times of far-reaching economic...

Due process is a central principle in most domestic legal systems and international dispute settlement, although its contours are nebulous, and its application is highly contextual. The purpose of this article is to examine the role of due process...

This contribution examines the efforts to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine through a treaty concluded between Ukraine and the Council of Europe (CoE) from the perspective of rule of law (RoL) requirements. It...

This article explores how the rule of law is secured and strengthened in international commercial arbitration. It first focusses on the archetypical paradigm of the rule of law in state courts, discussing key principles such as access to justice,...