Theme page about Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to new legislation and the use of emergency powers in Denmark and in the rest of the world. This has influenced the activities at CECS, as several researchers are currently involved in projects exploring, among other things, the pandemics’ implications in the fields of constitutional law, EU law and legal culture. Professor Ulla Neergaard is participating in a European research project on Covid-19 and European Solidarity, while professor Helle Krunke has been a co-editor on an international e-book on different countries’ Covid-19 legislation, viewed in a constitutional law perspective. As a group, Sune Klinge, Helle Krunke, Annemette Fallentin Nyborg and Jens Elo Rytter have contributed to this publication as well as a Nordic comparative research project, mapping the Danish legislative response to the Covid-19 crisis. Meanwhile, Hin-Yan Liu, Matthijs Maas and Kristian Lauta have explored lessons to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic for the governance of future existential risks.
This work has already led to a number of publications, with more on the way. Furthermore, a Covid-19 theme has been incorporated into the BA-courses Constitutional Law and EU-Constitutional Law: Institutions and EU Law. Professor Hanne Petersen has produced a video on “Crises and Legal Cultures” for the Faculty’s Covid-19 website, and several students at the Faculty have chosen to write their master’s thesis on a topic related to Covid-19, under the supervision of researchers from CECS.
Working on their own or with colleagues from other research centres, researchers from CECS have published a number of papers and contributed to international book projects on the legal effects of the Covid-19 pandemic:
- COVID19 and Constitutional Law: E-book by The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) and the Institute of Legal Research of Mexico’s National University
- Serna, J. M. (ed.), Krunke, Helle (ed.) & Nguyen Duy, I. (ed.), 2020, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, of Mexico’s National University.
Book/Report › Anthology
- COVID19 and Constitutional Law in Denmark
- Klinge, Sune, Krunke, Helle, Nyborg, Annemette Fallentin & Rytter, Jens Elo, 2020, in: COVID19 and Constitutional Law: E-book by The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) and the Institute of Legal Research of Mexico’s National University. Serna, J. M., Krunke, H. & Nguyen Duy, I. (eds.). Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, of Mexico’s National University
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Covid-19 and emergency laws in Denmark
- Nyborg, Annemette Fallentin, Klinge, Sune, Krunke, Helle & Rytter, Jens Elo, 2020, in: Svensk Juristtidning, 10
Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- “‘Whatever is necessary…will be done’ – Time for a Less One-Sighted View on Solidarity in Europe in the Shades of Covid-19”
- Neergaard, Ulla & de Vries, s., 8 Jun 2020, FIDE Fundación
Research output: Other contribution › Net publication – Internet publication › Research › peer-review
- “‘Whatever is necessary…will be done’ – Solidarity in Europe and the COVID-19 Crisis”
- Neergaard, Ulla & de Vries, S., 25 Apr 2020, in: EU Law Live – Weekend edition, pp. 17-35
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
- (to be published in December 2020 as a chapter in an e-book on the EU’s legal initiatives as a response to the Covid-19 crisis, published by EU Law Live)
- “Op-Ed: ‘Whatever is necessary…will be done’ – Time for a Less One-Sighted View on Solidarity in Europe in the Shades of Covid-19”
- Neergaard, Ulla & de Vries, S., 23 Apr 2020, 2 p. EU Law Live
Research output: Other contribution › Net publication – Internet publication › Research
- “‘Whatever is necessary…will be done’ – Solidarity in Europe and the Covid-19 Crisis”
- Neergaard, Ulla & de Vries, S., 23 Apr 2020, EU Law Live, pp. 1-19
Research output: Working paper › Research
A number of students have chosen to write their master’s thesis on a topic related to the Covid-19 pandemic. A selection of the titles is available here:
- Necessity in the Time of Corona
- The Danish Epidemic Act in a Constitutional Law Perspective
- The Danish Border Control relating to Covid-19 in an EU law context