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What’s New in Public Law
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–Kushagr Bakshi, SJD Candidate (University of Michigan) and Sarthak Gupta, Judicial Law Clerk (Supreme Court of India) 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…
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Delegated Powers, Political Choices: How EU Risk-Based Regulation Can Go Too Far
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Delegated Powers, Political Choices: How EU Risk-Based Regulation Can Go Too Far —Andrea Palumbo, Centre for IT and IP Law (CiTiP), KU Leuven[*] The next frontier of risk management: systemic risks in the Digital Services Act and the AI Act In the last decade, EU legislation has experienced a shift to risk-based regulation as the…
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What’s New in Public Law
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—Ashwani Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor of Law, Vinayaka Mission’s Law School, India. —Olumide Opeyemi Toyinbo, Postgraduate Student, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. 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…
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The Failure of Impeachment in Indonesia: A Comparative View
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–Stefanus Hendrianto, Creighton University School of Law Introduction In the first six months of 2025, the Asian continent has witnessed a wave of impeachments in several nations. On April 4, 2025, President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea was removed from Office by the Constitutional Court, following his impeachment on in December 2024.[1] In the…
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North Korea in South Korean Eyes: Enemy or Reunification Partner?
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—Yoomin Won, Associate Professor, Seoul National University School of Law [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2025 columnists, see here.] In December 2023, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un officially announced that the two Koreas are “two hostile states,” effectively renouncing unification. North Korea’s declaration of South Korea…
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What’s New in Public Law
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–Erick Guapizaca Jiménez, SJD Candidate, University of Michigan Law School –Rajesh Ranjan, Lawyer, Researcher & former Samta (Equity) Fellow based in India 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…
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Three Decades Without a Social Contract: A Call for Constitutional Adoption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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–Hassan Mustafa Hussein, Ph.D. in Constitutional law, Soran University, KRI August 1 is observed worldwide as World Constitution Day. On such significant occasions, it is common for major civilized nations to celebrate their greatest political achievements, usually reflected in a written or other form of constitution. This event, which may involve many historical reflections, promotes…
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Legislating in Silence: The Reform of the Brazilian Civil Code and Its Democratic Deficit
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–Anna Claudia Svoboda ,Ph.D. candidate, Pontificial Catholic University of São Paulo Brazil is currently debating the most comprehensive reform of its Civil Code since the current version came into force in 2002. The proposal aims to revise over a thousand provisions and modernize key areas of private law. The draft, already formalized as Bill 4/2025,…
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ICON Volume 23, Issue 1: Editorial
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In this issue; Guest editorial: Making gender equality visible in judicial selections at the European Court of Justice In this issue We begin this issue with a Guest Editorial by Laure Clement-Wilz and Fernanda Nicola, who invite reflection on the criteria for judicial selection at the European Court of Justice. They propose integrating gender parity…
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ICON Volume 23, Issue 1: Table of Contents
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I•CON Volume 23 Issue 1 Table of Contents Editorial: In this issue; Guest Editorial: Making gender equality visible in judicial selections at the European Court of Justice Honoring our peer reviewers I•CON Foreword Nehal Bhuta, Social rights and the origins of the social constitution: From collective natural rights to the social state Articles Holning Lau,…
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What’s New in Public Law
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—Gonen Ilan, Ph.D Candidate, Bar-Ilan University, Israel —Sarthak Sahoo, Undergraduate Student of Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab 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…
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South Korea’s Impeachment Tests: A Blueprint for Constitutional Repair
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–Kwak Nohyun, former professor of law, Korea National Open University On the night of December 3, 2024, South Korean democracy faced its most severe test since democratization. At 10:29 PM, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “extraordinary martial law,” triggering a swift and decisive response. This historic rebuke was made possible by a confluence of…
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ICON: Honor Roll of Peer Reviewers
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Honoring our peer reviewers We are delighted to begin this volume with our annual honor roll of peer reviewers. Every year we take this opportunity to acknowledge, in this modest way, the invaluable contribution of each of you to our scholarly enterprise: to help maintain the scholarly standards of the Journal through your careful attention…
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Rethinking Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Past and Future: History Education Before the Constitutional Court
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—Karla Žeravčić, Ph.D. Researcher, European University Institute, Department of Law –Kaja Stelmaszewska, LL.M. student, University of Wrocław In January 2025, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) delivered a decision that struck down elements of the Republika Srpska school curriculum for violating the state Constitution. The ninth-grade history curriculum was found to have glorified war criminals,…
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What’s New In Public Law
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–Mikołaj Wolanin, Master’s student, University of Warsaw (Poland) 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…
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Judicial Independence under Threat in South Sudan
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—Mark Deng, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School In my first post published on 13 April 2025, I discussed the nature of South Sudan’s 2011 Transitional Constitution, calling it a conflation of international template and domestic aspirations. I also discussed the idea of a strong president deeply embedded in that document and how it has…
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Landmark Ruling Issued by the Special Highest Court of Greece: Annulment of Parliamentary Seats without Replacement
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—Fereniki Panagopoulou, Associate Professor, Panteion University I. The decision of the Special Highest Court[1] Acting in its capacity as an electoral court, the Special Highest Court οf Greece[2] recently annulled the election of three specific Members of Parliament from the Spartans party, following objections filed against their official proclamation. The objections were held to be…
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Reimagining Constitutional Equality: Indigenous Governance, Vulnerability, and the Legacy of Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
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—Dr. Alexandra Flynn, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia[*] [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2025 columnists, see here.] In 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued a landmark decision in Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (Dickson), a case with significant import for the future course…
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