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“Poland is playing with fire”: the law primacy controversy with the EU is nearing a dangerous line
10 October 2021
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“Poland is playing with fire”: the law primacy controversy with the EU is nearing a dangerous line

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has decided that the Treaty on European Union provisions that make EU law superior to that of a member state are incompatible with the Polish Constitution. Although the position in the confrontation with the EU of the Poles themselves is far from being unanimous, this CT decision was officially supported by Hungary. […]

Why doesn’t constitutionalism work in Ukraine? (Video of the expert discussion)
07 October 2021
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Why doesn’t constitutionalism work in Ukraine? (Video of the expert discussion)

On Oct. 6, 2021, the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (UIF) hosted a meeting with Prof. Davis Williams, the head of the Indiana University Center for Constitutional Democracy and one of the world’s leading experts in constitutional design. During the meeting, organized in conjunction with the Center for Constitutional Design (CCD), the American professor and […]

Constitutionalism in Ukraine: The way forward – a presentation of Prof. David Williams’ lecture
07 October 2021
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Constitutionalism in Ukraine: The way forward – a presentation of Prof. David Williams’ lecture

Prof. David Williams, head of the Indiana University Center for Constitutional Democracy, has kindly given us his consent to publishing a presentation of the lecture he prepared specially for his visit to Ukraine. In the lecture, the American professor answers fundamental questions of the constitutionalism development in Ukraine: Why do constitutions and constitutionalism matter? Why, […]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Prof. David Williams, one of the world’s leading constitutionalists, is coming to Ukraine
28 September 2021
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Prof. David Williams, one of the world’s leading constitutionalists, is coming to Ukraine

From Oct. 4-16, at the invitation of the Center for Constitutional Design, Prof. David Williams, head of the Indiana University Center for Constitutional Democracy, will visit Ukraine. According to CCD Chairman of the Board Gennadiy Druzenko, David Williams is “one of the top constitutionalists of world reputation, a refined intellectual speaking many languages.” During his […]

Ukrainian Parliament: an attack on the clones. American justice: three years’ probation for sham candidacy
21 September 2021
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Ukrainian Parliament: an attack on the clones. American justice: three years’ probation for sham candidacy

A bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to counteract the use of “same-name candidates” during elections. In the United States, a “clone” all but get 20 years in prison. A week ago, a draft law initiated by 74 MPs, including the Speaker, was registered with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, “On amending […]

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