—Eman Muhammad Rashwan, Lecturer of Public Law, Cairo University, Egypt; Visiting Lecturer of Law, Hamburg University, Germany In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in public law. “Developments” may include links to news, high court decisions, new or recent scholarly books, articles, and blog posts from around the public law blogosphere.

The Taliban and Islamic Constitutionalism in Afghanistan: Reviving an Old Episode?
—Shamshad Pasarlay, Visiting Lecturer, The University of Chicago School of Law [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2022 columnists, see here.] Within the thriving body of the literature on constitutionalism, “Islamic constitutionalism” continues to be understudied and undertheorized. Although the constitutional experiences of Muslim states have been

What’s New in Public Law
–Wilson Seraine da Silva Neto, Master Student at the University of Coimbra – Portugal; Postgraduate in Constitutional Law at Brazilian Academy of Constitutional 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

2023 ICON•S Annual Conference | Call for Papers and Panels
The International Society of Public Law looks forward to welcoming you in New Zealand, on 3–5 July 2023 for the ICON•S Annual Conference on the theme: “Islands and Oceans: Public Law in a Plural World.” The conference will take place in person in Wellington, hosted by the Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and its

The Malaysian General Election of 19 November 2022 and the Problem of the Hung Parliament
—Andrew Harding, Visiting Research Professor, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore Over the last four years or so, Malaysian politics, which had been eminently predictable under dominant-coalition rule for 60 years, have been fluid and unpredictable to the point of extreme fragmentation. The dramatic constitutional consequences of this situation have been highlighted

What’s New in Public Law
–Simon Drugda, University of Copenhagen, 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 developments

Comparative Common Good Constitutionalism: A Latin American Perspective
—José Ignacio Hernández G., Fellow, Growth Lab-Center for International Development Harvard; Professor of Administrative Law at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello; Invited Professor, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, and Tashkent University Adrian Vermeule has recently proposed a new legal theory to interpret the U.S. Constitution that departs from originalism and living constitutionalism: the common good constitutionalism (CGC).[i] At

ICON-S Chapter Proposal | Turkey | Invitation for Comment and Participation
–Felicia Caponigri and Johanna Fröhlich, Co-Directors of Chapter Development, TheInternational Society of Public Law The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) has received a proposal from Professor and Dean Bertil Emrah Oder to create a Turkish chapter of ICON-S. Please write to us at icons.chapterdevelopment[at]gmail.com and to Bertil Emrah Oder at boder[at]ku.edu.tr if you are

Towards a New Relationship Between Courts and the Public?
—Maartje De Visser, Singapore Management University, Yong Pung How School of Law [Editor’s Note: This is one of our biweekly ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2022 columnists, see here.] To mark its 70th anniversary, the German Bundesverfassungsgericht released several new informational videos that showcase its justices explaining the court’s internal functioning and some

What’s New in Public Law
—Claudia Marchese, Research Fellow in Comparative Public Law at the University of Sassari (Italy) 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