By Dr Lorenzo Acconciamessa *** A note from the team: To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Strasbourg Observers Blog, we organised an in-person symposium with scholars, practitioners, and members of the ECtHR on 8–9 May 2025 in Ghent. Connecting in person with so many regular contributors was a wonderful experience and led to engaging […] The post The Notion of “Shared Responsibility” and its Radical Impact on the Relationships between the ECtHR and the Domestic Authorities appear...| Strasbourg Observers
Today's Supreme Court’s judgment in Shvidler v Foreign Secretary addresses key issues about the role of courts generally and appellate courts in particular when it comes to applying the proportionality test — and a powerful dissent from Lord Leggatt discloses a sharp division of judicial opinion about the proper nature of the judicial role in this context.| Public Law for Everyone
There is much to learn from a recent English decision on police impartiality| Double Aspect
Adam Green maintains that there is a need “for a virtue term that pertains to developing and maintaining a perspective that is epistemically independent of the groups to which one belongs” (Green 2024…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Loper Bright significantly expands the power of the Supreme Court at the expense of democratic institutions of government.| The Regulatory Review