[Editor’s Note: This is the second of two perspectives on an ongoing case in Brazil where the Supreme Federal Tribunal, in deciding a case relating to prison conditions, imported the unconstitutional state of affairs doctrine used by the Colombian Constitutional Court. An alternative analysis by Vanice Regina Lirio do Valle, published last Friday, can be
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A Global Symposium in Memory of Gabriella Angiulli Bicameralism under Pressure: Constitutional Reform of National Legislatures LUISS Guido Carli University Viale Romania 32 Rome, Italy Monday and Tuesday, May 2 and 3, 2016 Presented by The Center for Parliamentary Studies, LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome in cooperation with The University of
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