{"id":38193,"date":"2025-08-27T13:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stiftung-forum-recht.de\/?p=38193"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:50:35","slug":"how-the-far-right-and-right-wing-nationalist-thinking-undermine-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stiftung-forum-recht.de\/en\/pressemitteilung\/die-extreme-rechte-und-das-recht-wie-volkisches-denken-den-rechtsstaat-angreift\/","title":{"rendered":"How Nationalist Thinking Undermines the Rule of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38193\" class=\"elementor elementor-38193\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f87549 slidercontainer e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f87549\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e989b8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e989b8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b133490\" data-id=\"b133490\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3a580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3a580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>August 28, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d88bfa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d88bfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>The Far Right and the Law:<br \/>How Nationalist Thinking Undermines the Rule of Law<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fb6a53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fb6a53\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7acdbb9\" data-id=\"7acdbb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d86a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d86a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ethnic nationalism is one of the ideological cornerstones of the far right. To understand what an ethnic nationalist worldview is and how the far right uses it to undermine the rule of law, the Forum Recht Foundation invited historian Prof. Dr. Uwe Puschner and legal scholar Prof. Dr. Alexander Thiele to Karlsruhe as part of its \u201eLet\u2019s Talk About Recht\u2018 discussion series on September 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Karlsruhe, August 28, 2025.<\/strong> Ethno-nationalist thinking is accompanied by a profound attempt to legitimize social inequality through the law. \u201eThe ethnic worldview\u2019s concepts of humanity, society, and the state\u2014which are founded on inequality, racism, and anti-humanism\u2014have long been perpetuated by internationally networked neo-Nazi and far-right actors, groups, and their media,\u201c says Prof. Uwe Puschner, a historian and professor of modern history at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin.<\/p><p>Puschner will be joined by Prof. Alexander Thiele, a legal scholar and professor of political theory and public law at the BSP Business &amp; Law School Berlin, at <strong>Let's Talk About Law<\/strong> on <strong>September 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong> discuss ethnic nationalism in its historical and contemporary contexts. In conversation with <strong>Marie-Elisabeth Miersch<\/strong> Representing the Forum Recht Foundation, the two experts will explain how legal concepts are strategically reinterpreted to undermine or invert principles of the rule of law, such as equality and human dignity.<\/p><p>\u201eMembership in a democratic constitutional state is primarily determined by citizenship, and the requirements for citizenship, in turn, must be decided democratically. Anyone who instead relies on supposedly \u201anatural\u2018 and unchangeable criteria such as ethnicity, religion, or origin will be unable to build an inclusive community from the outset,\u201c says Thiele regarding the threat to our constitutional state.<\/p><p>During their discussion, the two experts also focus on the often-overlooked impact of such reinterpretations in ordinary law\u2014such as labor law or tenancy law. \u201eThis current relevance makes it necessary,\u201c says Puschner, \u201eto examine v\u00f6lkisch thinking, its content, and its history.\u201c<\/p><p>The discussion will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the Stiftung Forum Recht in Karlsruhe (Karlstra\u00dfe 45A). <strong>Admission is free.<\/strong> The foundation cordially invites the audience to participate in the discussion by asking questions.<\/p><p><strong>Let's Talk About Law<\/strong><\/p><p>This year, the Forum Recht Foundation is hosting a regular series of talks titled \u201eLet\u2019s Talk About Recht.\u201c The series features guests from various fields of law who discuss their day-to-day work and share their perspectives on current legal topics\u2014ranging from labor law and tenancy law to freedom of speech.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5977b27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5977b27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a29a2e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a29a2e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Info at a glance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da00c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da00c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0\u201eLET\u2019S TALK ABOUT LAW\u201c \u2013 THE INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION SERIES <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. <br \/>Topic: The Far Right and the Law: How Ethno-Nationalist Ideology Undermines the Rule of Law<\/strong><\/p><p>with <strong>Prof. Dr. Uwe Puschner<\/strong>, historian and professor of modern history at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, and <strong>Prof. Dr. Alexander Thiele<\/strong>, legal scholar and professor of political theory and public law at the BSP Business &amp; Law School Berlin<\/p><p>at the Forum Recht Foundation, Karlstra\u00dfe 45A, 76133 Karlsruhe<\/p><p><strong>Moderation:<\/strong> <strong>Marie-Elisabeth Miersch<\/strong>, research associate at the Forum Recht Foundation<\/p><p>The event is free of charge.<\/p><p>Further information<strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stiftung-forum-recht.de\/LetsTalkAboutRecht\/\"><strong>www.stiftung-forum-recht.de\/LetsTalkAboutRecht\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-823c46a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"823c46a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e628752 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e628752\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1febca elementor-widget-widescreen__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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