These decisions recognize the effectiveness of the personal immunity of Heads of State during their mandate, even regarding international crimes but rule out any possibility of functional immunity for these same facts. So, former heads of state can be prosecuted abroad for international crimes.
I am currently reading a PhD dissertation written in the 1950s, at a time when entire passages could be in Latin without any translation needed. O tempora, o mores, my memories of the Latin version are far from sufficient for that.
The umpire warning the crowd not to pop the cork onto the court while opening their champagne bottles is so Wimbledon 😂
Ce serait comique, si ce n’était pas tragique.
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Not to mention the cleavage in public opinion, so many clues that betray a conception that has not yet progressed enough regarding seriousness of financial crime.
The shortsightedness of EU officials is really appalling here. There’s an actual lack of anticipation on potential drawbacks of this so-called simplification. Omnibus could possibly not pass proportionality and necessity test and create more legal uncertainty, contrary to the claimed goal.
Just remembered that when he was my age, Beccaria had already published “On Crimes and Punishments”
