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The Judge is Their Own Executioner: How Constitutional Judges’ Self-Decisions on Their Own Terms of Office Endanger the Montenegrin Rule of Law

This translation is a redesigned reproduction of the original article that was published on Verfassungsblog on the 15th of January 2026. The original article can be found at the following link Introduction The election of a new judge to the Montenegrin Constitutional Court on November 25, 2025, has once again revealed a structural problem: the judges … →

Bosnia’s Dodik Case: A “Victory” for the Rule of Law

The conviction of Milorad Dodik, the then president of Republika Srpska (RS), by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on February 26th , 2025, which was upheld in totality by the appellate chamber of the same court on June 12th, 2025, represents both a watershed moment and a cautionary tale for the rule of law … →

Western Balkans: Extractive Institutions, Formalism, and Rule of Law Failure

Disclaimer: These podcasts are generated by AI based on article texts. The voices are computer-generated, and the editors and this blog cannot warrant the accuracy, quality, or reliability of the content. Please treat them as experimental and verify any information with trusted sources. For more than twenty years, the nations of the Western Balkans—including Albania, … →