Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law

The Editorial Committee and the Editorial Team of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law unequivocally support our colleagues Joana Mendes, Harm Schepel and their fellow former board members of the European Law Journal in their decision. The quality and the integrity of academic publishing are inextricably linked to the expertise, autonomy and independence of an academic journal’s staff, its authors and its reviewers. Any compromise of such independence undermines the core values that drive the academic pursuit. We stand with our colleagues and appreciate their resolve to uphold these core principles.

Michael Faure
Caroline Cauffman
Monica Claes
Raymond Luja
Elise Muir
Phedon Nicolaides
Andrea Ott
Anne-Pieter van der Mei
Gijs van Dijck
Thomas Biermeyer
Christopher Mondschein
Betül Kas

What a Journal Makes: As we say goodbye to the European Law Journal On January 31st, the Editorial and Advisory Boards of the European Law Journal resigned en masse from their positions in protest after the publisher, Wiley, decided that it was not willing to ‘give away’ control and authority over editorial appointments and decisions to the academics on the jour...

Call for Proposals: Special Issues in the Maastricht Journal
The Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law welcomes proposals for Special Issues to be published in the Maastricht Journal.
The deadline for sending in proposals is 20 January 2020.
Also, please feel free to share this information with interested colleagues.

Call for Proposals for Special Issues - Deadline: 15 December 2018 - More Information: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/maa

Last week, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law with a conference at the beautiful Château Neercanne. Great presentations and discussions surrounding the topics of legal publishing, comparative law, EU law as well as a look into the history of the Maastricht Journal were complemented by a beautiful location, great weather and food. Many thanks to all the speakers and the participants for making this a very special day and for the lively discussions! We would also like to extend our gratitude to the Universiteitsfonds Limburg for supporting the event. Looking forward to the next 25 years!

Ready to welcome our guests to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law at Chateau Neercanne!

MJ25 Anniversary Event
Save the Date: Celebrating 25 Years of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law
On Thursday, 28 June 2018, the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law will celebrate its 25th anniversary in the form of a full-day conference at Chateau Neercanne, Cannerweg 800, 6213 ND Maastricht. The anniversary event will feature interesting panels composed of high-level academics discussing the subjects of EU law, comparative law and legal publishing in a beautiful setting. Make sure to mark the date in your calendar. More information will follow in short.

Confirmed speakers:
Graínne de Búrca, Florence Ellinwood Allen Professor of Law, New York University
Paul P. Craig, Professor of English Law; Fellow of St John's College, Oxford University
René de Groot, Professor emeritus UM Faculty of Law
Jaakko Husa, Full Professor of Comparative Law and Constitutional Law at the University of Lapland
Sacha Prechal, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Mathias Siems, Professor of Commercial Law at Durham University
Lisa Waddington, Professor at UM Faculty of Law
Bruno de Witte, Professor of European Law at UM Faculty of Law, and Part-time Professor of Law at the European University Institute, Florence

For more information: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/mj-25-year-anniversary

A bit more than two weeks until the deadline! Call for Proposals for Special Issues - Deadline: 15 March 2018 - More Information: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/maa

Call for Proposals for Special Issues - Deadline: 15 March 2018 - More Information: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/maa

The staff at the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law would like to wish you all a happy new year! We are pleased to announce that the following articles are now available on our website, via the OnlineFirst platform! You can access these articles at the following link: http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/maa/0/0.
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The European Arrest Warrant System: Recent Developments in the Case Law of the Court of Justice
ANNE PIETER VAN DER MEI
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Opinion 1/15: Privacy and Security, Finding the Balance
CHRISTOPHER DOCKSEY
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Constitutional Courts as European Union Courts: The Current and Potential Use of EU Law as a Yardstick for Constitutional Review
DAVIDE PARIS
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On the Methodology of Comparative Criminal Law Research: Paradigmatic Approaches to the Research Method of Functional Comparison and the Heuristic Device of Idea Types
EMMANOUIL BILLIS
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Establishing a Budgetary Capacity in the Eurozone: Recent Proposals and Legal Challenges
LUCA LIONELLO
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Does the Concept of Rule of Law have any material content? A Nordic point of view
JUHA RAITIO
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The Political Purpose of the ‘Mixed Legal System’ conception in the law of Scotland
ANDREAS RAHMATIAN

Call for Proposals for Special Issues - Deadline: 15 March 2018 - More Information: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/maa

The first batch of pieces of the upcoming special issue in the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law titled ‘The independence of the international judiciary - concept, methods, and current challenges’ is now available on OnlineFirst! Check them out at: http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/maaa/0/0



- Aida Torres Pérez, ‘The independence of the international judiciary - concept, methods, and current challenges’
- Aida Torres Pérez, ‘From judicial independence to interdependence in the international sphere’
- Andreas Follesdal, ‘Independent yet accountable - Stress test lessons for the European Court of Human Rights’
- Luis López Guerra, ‘The national judge and judicial independence - The case of the Strasbourg court’