Podcasts by German Law Journal: GLJ Shorts and GLJ Specials

German Law Journal: GLJ Shorts and GLJ Specials

The German Law Journal has been providing Open Access to Comparative, European, and International Law for over 20 years. Listen to #GLJShorts to find out what our most recent articles are about and to meet the person behind the paper. Listen to #GLJSpecials to dive deeper into selected articles or for an introduction into our most recent Special Issues. Find video versions of our podcasts on our YouTube channel!

Further podcasts by Nora Markard, Emanuel V. Towfigh, and the other Editors of the German Law Journal

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German Law Journal: GLJ Shorts and GLJ Specials
GLJ Special: Environmental Rights Between Constitutional Law and Local Context: Reflections on a Moving Target from 2023-09-01T12:12:43

In this video, Abduletif Idris explains how the members of the Environmental Rights in Cultural Context research group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology combine legal studies and ...

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GLJ Special: Lost in Translation? The Promises and Challenges of Integrating Empirical Knowledge on Migrants′ Vulnerabil from 2023-09-01T12:07:30

Luc Leboeuf is the coordinator of the EU-funded VULNER project, which examines the application of the concept of vulnerability in the adjudication of asylum cases. There is still no common legal un...

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GLJ Short: Sex Must Be Voluntary: Sexual Communication and the New Definition of Rape in Sweden (GLJ 22:5) from 2021-08-24T08:10:19

“Sex must be voluntary; if it’s not, it’s a crime,” reads the Swedish government’s ad campaign. The new Swedish rape law is all about communicating consent – “listen, ask, and tune in so that you’r...

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GLJ Special: Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice in the 21st Century (GLJ 22:5) from 2021-08-24T07:50:22

Over the last years, mass protests against sexualized violence against women have led to law reform in many countries. They were sparked by shocking rape cases as well as #MeToo and similar campaig...

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GLJ Short – Extra: Highlights from the GLJ's 2020 volume from 2021-04-06T07:00:45

This episode offers a hand-picked selection of highlights from the German Law Journal’s 2020 volume. It presents articles that may not (yet) have the download numbers they deserve – some algorithm ...

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GLJ Special: Socio-Legal Studies in Germany and the UK: Theory and Methods (GLJ 21:7) from 2020-10-18T09:00

Germany and the UK are marked by quite different legal cultures, institutional contexts, and scholarly traditions. But how does this shape socio-legal scholarship situated in those contexts? And ho...

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GLJ Short: Exploring the Potentials of International Criminal Law and the Right to Rescue (GLJ 21:3) from 2020-10-04T15:39:04

States in the global north have been seeking to create a distance between them and migrants drowning or being abused, in an effort to avoid jurisdiction. Can international criminal law or the civil...

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GLJ Short: Holding EASO and Frontex Accountable (GLJ 21:3) from 2020-10-04T15:38:50

EU agencies have an ever increasing role in the EU asylum system – raising the question how they can be held accountable. EASO is supposed to only support Greek authorities in the asylum procedure,...

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GLJ Short: Hard Protection through Soft Courts? Non-Refoulement before the United Nations Treaty Bodies from 2020-10-04T15:38:34

The UN treaty bodies are often referred to as "soft courts," because their decisions are neither binding nor enforceable. When interpreting non-refoulement, does this make them more progressive tha...

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GLJ Short: A Topographical Approach to Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Migration Control (GLJ 21:3) from 2020-10-04T15:38:19

What can the "spatial turn" in international law offer in pursuit of accountability in migration control? Perceiving the site of a violation from a bird's-eye view and mapping different accountabil...

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GLJ Special: Border Justice: Migration and Accountability for Human Rights Violations – Full version (GLJ 21:3) from 2020-10-04T15:38

In this uncut version of their GLJ Special, Cathryn Costello and Itamar Mann present their Special Issue "Border Justice: Migration and Accountability for Human Rights Violations," which appeared i...

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German Law Journal: GLJ Shorts and GLJ Specials
GLJ Special: Border Justice: Migration and Accountability for Human Rights Violations – Short version (GLJ 21:3) from 2020-10-04T15:37:37

In this GLJ Special, Cathryn Costello and Itamar Mann present their Special Issue "Border Justice: Migration and Accountability for Human Rights Violations" which appeared in April 2020 in GLJ 21:3...

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