KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft

Despite the extraordinary obstacles of Russia's full-scale aggression, Ukraine is showing significant progress on its way to European Union (EU) membership. This concerns the implementation of the EU acquis in accordance with the Association...

Populist parties are on the rise in Europe, threatening the Union's most precious asset: the rule of law. Experience in recent years has shown that, even with the Regulation on financial conditionality, the Union does not have the means to defend...

On the occasion of the strategic action plan to strengthen the rule of law in the EU, this article examines the question of whether the Union itself respects the rule of law in the area of criminal law. To this end, the definition of criminal...

The article was written as the opening speech for the inauguration of the Jean Monnet Chair for European Law at the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv. Against the background of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, which...

The article deals with challenges to establishing a sustainable case law by the Supreme Court of Ukraine in criminal cases. The authors highlight aspects of the definition of ‘legal certainty’ and the peculiarities of its application in the law...

In view of the discussions surrounding the enlargement of the European Union's member states, institutional reforms, the further development of the single market and the strengthening of European competitiveness, social policy issues appear to be...

The article analyses Europe's social challenges and describes them as a function of dysfunctional political structures. The EU lacks institutional mechanisms that continuously mediate between the demand for redistributive mechanisms and its...

In 2017, the European Commission published its White Paper on the Future of Europe. It presents five different scenarios for the development of the EU, but aims for further federalisation. This contribution shows that the integration since 2017 has...

Since the Single European Act of 1986, the requirement of a unanimous Council decision for Union legislative acts has been successively replaced by qualified majority voting. However, the harmonization of national tax legislation still remains a...

In recent years, the European Union has dedicated itself with great vehemence to the fight against international tax avoidance. The result of this policy is the restriction of tax structuring leeway while at the same time significantly increasing...

Enlargement is back on the European agenda. But without a reform of the European Union (EU) it may lead to an ‘overstretch’ and as a consequence to disintegration. Nonetheless, tackling the ongoing European ‘polycrisis’ by adequate reforms...

The article focuses on expectations of citizens towards their fellow European citizens, other EU member states and the EU institutions concerning solidarity. The article is based on empirical analysis of 27 focus groups with citizens from 9 Euro...

In Germany, many students wait for months for state support granted by the Federal Training Assistance Act („BAföG“). In the meantime, they have to cover their living expenses on their own and regularly at the expense of their studies. The...

The article examines the well-known phenomenon of governmental public relations with a special focus on the issue of social media, primarily in the form of the "Twitter Police". The article presents the main research findings of the author's...

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany came into force 75 years ago. How has this constitution stood the test of time? What role does the Federal Constitutional Court play in the effect of the constitution? The aim here is to examine the...

The article analyses the significance of the vote of confidence in Art. 68 I GG based on the Federal Constitutional Court’s judicature. With regard to the previous cases of application, it is shown to what extent a systematization or typification...

The law on the regulation of infrastructure-based markets has always been dependent on the modeling of market processes, with differences in the individual sectors. Economic descriptions of market processes justify the assumptions as to the extent...

The article explores humanitarian exemptions in international sanctions law. First, the tense dynamic between sanction regimes and humanitarian aid is outlined and the instrument of humanitarian exemptions delineated as a possible solution. This is...

In 1960, § 130 (incitement of the masses) was introduced into the German Penal Code. This replaced the class struggle paragraph from the Bismarck era. In 1994, it was followed by the prohibition of condoning, denying or trivializing an act...