• NYU Democracy Project’s »100 Ideas in 100 Days« Series: The Party Paradox

    In his piece »The Party Paradox: How Political Parties Power Democracy—and Dominate It«, Professor Emanuel V. Towfigh sheds light on one of the fundamental ambivalences of modern democracies: the role of political parties. They are indispensable transmission belts…
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  • Party Concepts in Comparative Law

    Emanuel V. Towfigh, Parteikonzeptionen im Rechtsvergleich [Party Concepts in Comparative Law], in: Kischel/Kube (eds.), Handbuch des Staatsrechts [Handbook of Constitutional Law], Volume 3, 2025 In the third volume of the Handbook of Constitutional Law, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V.…
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  • Mohr Siebeck publishes dissertation of Dr. Jacob Ulrich

    On September 17, 2025, the dissertation of our former researcher Dr. Jacob Ulrich was published, titled »Intra-Party Competitive Democracy: A Law-and-Economics Analysis of Party Organization in Light of the Requirement of Intra-Party Democracy under Article 21(1), Sentence 3…
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  • TV Interview on AfD Party Ban Proceedings for Science Program »NANO«

    On July 3, 2025, Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh was interviewed by journalist Marion Mück-Raab for the German science program »NANO« which is broadcasted on the public television channels »3sat« and »ZDF«. The interview addressed the question: “What…
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  • Alexander Gleixner wins SRH Social Impact Thesis Award 2025

    During the EBS graduation ceremony at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, the dissertation of our former research associate Alexander Gleixner on the topic »The Right to Non-Discriminatory Procedural Design«  was awarded the SRH Social Impact Thesis Award 2025. The work…
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  • Empowering Language with Clarity and Impact

    Emanuel V. Towfigh, Der Sprache zu Glanz und Wirkung verhelfen [Empowering Language with Clarity and Impact], in: STUD.JUR. 2025, issue 1, pp. 30-31 In issue 1/2025 of the German journal for law students STUD.JUR., Prof. Dr. Emanuel V.…
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  • Contributions in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education

    Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh explains the system of legal education in Germany in two articles: Emanuel V. Towfigh, History of Legal Education in Germany, in: Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education, Cheltenham 2025 (Edward Elgar), pp. 190-193.…
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  • Legal Opinion for the German Bundestag on an AfD Party Ban Procedure

    Photo: Deutscher Bundestag, Christian Hepp On 27 November, 2024, a group of 18 experts in constitutional law submitted an unsolicited opinion to the Committee on Internal Affairs and Home Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs of the…
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