Philosophy of law

Today, I was going to write about a couple of modest but positive moves by the Higher Education Board (YÖK), but when President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said the system had changed, I was more interested in that theme as a law person myself. 

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has urged MPs to back the set of proposed amendments to the Constitution on Friday so that the implementation of the judicial reform is not delayed further.

The big question of whether size or technique is more important in the sack has probably come up more than once in conversations between friends, female or male. Some argue size is the key to pleasure while others maintain it is how one uses it not its size that makes the difference.

Lawmakers in the Legal Affairs Committee with Bulgaria's Parliament have rejected constitutional changes supported by the Justice Ministry.

Amendments were narrowly (5-6) voted down in a Tuesday sitting of the committee which comes ahead of a plenary session later this week.

Though committee votes are not binding, they often point to how MPs will act at the plenary.

On July 5, Justice Day in Romania, Justice Minister Robert Cazanciuc spoke up in favour of judiciary practice in Romania being unified as that means predictability, which is essential to the business environment and foreign investors.

The anniversary of the Turkish Council of State (Dan??tay) was dodged with a low-profile ceremony this year. The ban on the press was just not appropriate for this high court. I would have personally wanted to listen to Dan??tay head Zerrin Güngör, hearing her voice, observing her actions. That was not possible; I only read her speech. 

Daily Kathimerini reports that the Greek Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government must decide whether it wants to take legal recourse for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum. A confidential memo sent to the Ministry of Culture by three global lawyers of the Doughty Street Chambers encourages Greece to take the UK to court over the sculptures.

Turkey?s top judge has urged political leaders to protect the principle of separation of powers and to be careful of letting these powers go beyond their limits, in an indirect reference to the government?s efforts to renew the constitution and adopt a presidential system which would grant more authority to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. 

The Turkish government has announced a new strategy to reform the judiciary, vowing to amend the Attorney's Act and other related laws in a bid to boost judicial independence and impartiality. 

Bromak, the majority shareholder in Bulgaria's collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank, has challenged the five-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court which is to rule on an appeal against the withdrawal of the lender's banking licence.