Assessing the European Court of Human Rights

The ‘Conscience of Europe?’ Navigating Shifting Tides at the European Court of Human Rights Robert Clarke, Ed. Kairos Publishing, 2017; 240 pages, £17.97 (As Dr. Portaru is one of the authors whose work is contained in this volume, this essay is meant as a presentation of the book, rather than a formal review.) The European […]

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Marriage at a Crossroads in Romania

Romania is at a marriage crossroads. On the one hand, Romania will hold a referendum in the spring of 2017 to constitutionally enshrine marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The petition for the referendum received the most support of any so far in Romania’s his­tory as a democracy, and it was […]

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