Rights that cannot be enforced are useless: interview with Josef Isensee on the state of emergency, the rule of law and European integration
2017
Abstract
Prof. Josef Isensee is a leading German state scientist and legal philosopher.
His name is associated with the multi-volume encyclopedia "Handbuch des Staatsrechts der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" and a number of books elaborating on fundamental questions of constitutional law. His texts on the position of the state in the European Union, the principle of subsidiarity, the fundamental rights and the status of foreigners in the legal order of the Federal Republic significantly influence the public debate in Germany.
This interview was given on the occasion of the international conference "Emergency Powers, Rule of Law, and the State of Exception" held in Prague on 14 and 15 September 2017.