Category: European Law

Basic Rights, Criminal Law, European Law, Human Dignity, KUG, Murder, Police and Prosecutors, Right of Personality, Soering, True Crime

Die Kapitulation des Journalisten Markus Lanz vor Jens Söring

Andrew Hammel

I. Einführung Am 14. Mai 2020 geschah etwas Bemerkenswertes. Über eine Stunde lang sendete ZDF, einer der beiden öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehsender Deutschlands, Propaganda im Namen eines Eidbrechers, Betrügers und verurteilten Doppelmörders. Jens Söring, der im November 2019 aus dem Gefängnis in Virginia entlassen wurde, nachdem er 33 Jahre im Gefängnis für die kaltblütigen Morde an Derek… Continue reading Die Kapitulation des Journalisten Markus Lanz vor Jens Söring

Constitutional Law, Dublin III, ECJ, European Law, Federal Constitutional Court, Immigration and Asylum, Policy

‘Die Zauberlehrlinge’: Plausible Answers to Not Very Important Questions

Andrew Hammel

Die Zauberlehrlinge (The Sorcerer's Apprentices) is a new book on the German response to the European asylum crisis. It has two authors: Maximilian Steinbeis, editor of Verfassungsblog, a site featuring commentary "on matters constitutional" by left-of-center academics, and Stephan Detjen (g) who is currently Chief Correspondent of Deutschlandradio, a nationwide public-radio station. This post is a… Continue reading ‘Die Zauberlehrlinge’: Plausible Answers to Not Very Important Questions

Dublin III, European Law, Federal Constitutional Court, Immigration and Asylum, Policy

Was Merkel’s Decision to Open Borders in 2015 Illegal?

Andrew Hammel

The refugee influx of 2015 is a fait accompli, and the numbers of people applying for asylum in Germany is now back to more normal levels -- in September and October 2015, ten thousand people per day were arriving at the borders, now the numbers are more like ten thousand per month. So is the… Continue reading Was Merkel’s Decision to Open Borders in 2015 Illegal?