Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

Month: May 2015

  • Hong Kong’s Constitutional Arrangements Aren’t Special

    –Alvin Y.H. Cheung, Visiting Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law As political wrangling in Hong Kong continues over changes to how the city’s Chief Executive will be selected in 2017, Beijing marks the 25th anniversary of the promulgation of the Hong Kong Basic Law—the Special Administrative Region’s constitutional document. 

  • Remembrance of Things Past (I·CON 13, Issue 1: Editorial)

    I have invited Ran Hirschl, member of our Editorial Board, to write the Editorial for this issue. His contribution follows below. “Remembrance of Things Past” A couple of years ago in these pages, I published an extended Editorial outlining the analytical and methodological need to move beyond a text- or court-centric comparative constitutional law to a more holistic comparative constitutional studies.

  • I.CON’s current issue (Table of Contents)

    I.CON  Volume 13 Issue 1  Table of Contents Editorial I·CON Keynote Dieter Grimm, The role of fundamental rights after sixty-five years of constitutional jurisprudence in Germany Articles Arthur Dyevre, Technocracy and distrust: Revisiting the rationale for constitutional review Yan Lin, Constitutional evolution through legislation: The quiet transition of China’s Constitution Theunis Roux, American ideas abroad: Comparative implications of US Supreme Court decision-making models Constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe Michel Rosenfeld, Wojciech Sadurski and Roberto Toniatti, Central and Eastern European constitutionalism a quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall: Introduction to the Symposium Anna Śledzińska-Simon, Constitutional identity in 3D: A model of individual, relational, and collective self and its application in Poland Piotr Szwedo, Global administrative law through the Polish lens: From practice to theory Jiří Přibáň, The semantics of constitutional sovereignty in post-sovereign “new” Europe: A case study of the Czech Constitutional Court’s jurisprudence Armen Mazmanyan, Judicialization of politics: The post-Soviet way Bojan Bugarič, A crisis of constitutional democracy in post-communist Europe: “Lands in-between” democracy and authoritarianism Vlad Perju, The Romanian double executive and the 2012 constitutional crisis Renáta Uitz, Can you tell when an illiberal democracy is in the making?

  • Video Interview: Developments in French Constitutional Law Featuring François-Xavier Millet

    –Richard Albert, Boston College Law School In this latest installment of our video interview series at I-CONnect, I interview François-Xavier Millet on developments in French constitutional law. In the interview, we discuss the role of the Conseil constitutionnel, the QPC (question prioritaire de constitutionnalité), the relationship between France and its territories as well as between the French Constitution and European Union law, and we close with attention to Charlie Hebdo.

  • What’s New in Comparative Public Law

    –Mohamed Abdelaal, Alexandria University (Egypt) In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in comparative public law. “Developments” may include a selection of links to news, high court decisions, new or recent scholarly books and articles, and blog posts from around the comparative public law blogosphere.

  • Recap of Inaugural Conference of ICON·S-Israel

    —Iddo Porat, College of Law and Business The inaugural conference of ICON·S-Israel, the Israeli branch of the International Society of Public Law, took place in Ramat Gan, Israel, on May 14. ICON·S was created in order to foster an international community of scholars based on the ideas behind the Journal I·CON—a broad perception of pubic law in terms of both doctrinal and physical boundaries, and an emphasis on innovation and cutting-edge research.

  • Video Interview: Developments in Indonesian Constitutional Law Featuring Stefanus Hendrianto

    –Richard Albert, Boston College Law School In this latest installment of our new video interview series at I-CONnect, I interview Stefanus Hendrianto on developments in Indonesian constitutional law. In the interview, we discuss the adoption of the Indonesian Constitution, the creation of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, the current and former Chief Justices, the new President of Indonesia, as well as the future of the Indonesian Constitution.

  • What’s New in Comparative Public Law

    –Rohan Alva, Jindal Global Law School In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in comparative public law. “Developments” may include a selection of links to news, high court decisions, new or recent scholarly books and articles, and blog posts from around the comparative public law blogosphere.

  • A British Bill of Rights – Why, How and Now What?

    —Carla M. Zoethout, University of Amsterdam After the landslide victory for the British Conservative Party on May 7, the Party’s alarming plan with a view to human rights protection in Europe deserves major attention. As early as October 2014, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his party will ‘end the ability of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to force the UK to change the law’.[1]  

  • Should Foreigners Vote in National Legislative Elections?

    —Michèle Finck, University of Oxford Next month, voters in Luxembourg will have to participate in a referendum (voting is mandatory in Luxembourg) that raises three different questions, among which is the following: do you agree that those residents that are not Luxembourg nationals should be entitled to participate in national legislative elections under the condition that (i) they have lived in Luxembourg for at least ten years, and (ii) they have previously participated in local elections or elections for the European Parliament in Luxembourg?