–Vicente F. Benítez R., Constitutional Law Professor, Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia) and LL.M. student at NYU In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in 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
Five Questions with Jon Elster
—Richard Albert, Boston College Law School “Five Questions with … ” is a brand new feature at I-CONnect. We will periodically invite a public law scholar to answer five questions about his or her research. Our fourth edition of “Five Questions with … ” features Jon Elster, Robert K. Merton Professor of the Social Sciences at
The Irrelevance of Liberal Constitutionalists: Germany, India and the United States (I-CONnect Column)
—Menaka Guruswamy, Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and Advocate, Supreme Court of India [Editor’s note: This is one of our biweekly I-CONnect columns. Columns, while scholarly in accordance with the tone of the blog and about the same length as a normal blog post, are a bit more “op-ed” in nature than standard posts. For more
What’s New in Public Law
—Mohamed Abdelaal, Assistant Professor, Alexandria University Faculty of Law In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in 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 public law blogosphere. To submit relevant
Five Questions with Rosalind Dixon
—Richard Albert, Boston College Law School “Five Questions with … ” is a brand new feature at I-CONnect. We will periodically invite a public law scholar to answer five questions about his or her research. Our third edition of “Five Questions with … ” features Rosalind Dixon, Professor of Law at the University of New South
Installation Ceremony for Alexander Tsesis as Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law
—Richard Albert, Boston College Law School Please join I-CONnect in congratulating Alex Tsesis on his installation as the Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law at the Loyola University, Chicago, School of Law. Alex is a leading scholar of constitutional law, with a focus on free speech and civil rights. The induction ceremony, featuring remarks from Sanford
Special Report on Romanian Parliamentary Elections
—Bianca Selejan-Guțan, PhD, Professor of Constitutional Law, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania The most recent parliamentary elections in Romania, held last month in December 2016, did not bring about many surprises. In this special report, I shall draw the picture of the general context of the elections and I shall also try to present
International Journal of Constitutional Law: Call for Reviews
—Michaela Hailbronner, University of Pretoria, South Africa ICON is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2017, and we are running a short series on books that have inspired us and shaped how we think about comparative law, public international law or human rights (all broadly defined). Some senior scholars and justices will be contributing to the series,
What’s New in Public Law
–Angélique Devaux, Cheuvreux Notaires, Paris, France, Diplômée notaire, LL.M. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in 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
On My Way Out IV – Teaching (I·CON 14, Issue 4: Editorial)
—J. H. H. Weiler, New York University School of Law; Co-Editor-in-Chief, I·CON I have almost reached the final phase of my academic and professional career and as I look back I want to offer, for what it is worth, some Do’s and Don’ts on different topics to younger scholars in the early phases of theirs. A
