KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft

Despite the extraordinary obstacles of Russia's full-scale aggression, Ukraine is showing significant progress on its way to European Union (EU) membership. This concerns the implementation of the EU acquis in accordance with the Association...

Populist parties are on the rise in Europe, threatening the Union's most precious asset: the rule of law. Experience in recent years has shown that, even with the Regulation on financial conditionality, the Union does not have the means to defend...

On the occasion of the strategic action plan to strengthen the rule of law in the EU, this article examines the question of whether the Union itself respects the rule of law in the area of criminal law. To this end, the definition of criminal...

The article was written as the opening speech for the inauguration of the Jean Monnet Chair for European Law at the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv. Against the background of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, which...

The article deals with challenges to establishing a sustainable case law by the Supreme Court of Ukraine in criminal cases. The authors highlight aspects of the definition of ‘legal certainty’ and the peculiarities of its application in the law...