Category: Developments
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What’s New in Public Law
–Alan Mauricio Jiménez Díaz, PhD. Candidate, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain –Sumit Kumar Ganguly, Assistant Professor, SGT University, Gurugram, 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…
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A Convenient Emergency: Perilous Times for Judicial Independence in Ecuador
—Patricia Sotomayor Valarezo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, X: @PatySValarezo The notion of the judiciary’s inherent weakness, as proposed in The Federalist Papers number 78, along with Tsebelis’s idea (Tsebellis 2002) of judges as veto players ultimately absorbed by other political actors, can now be questioned in light of the many judicial decisions with significant…
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What’s New in Public Law
–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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What’s New in Public Law
—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
–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]
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North Korea in South Korean Eyes: Enemy or Reunification Partner?
—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.
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What’s New in Public Law
–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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Legislating in Silence: The Reform of the Brazilian Civil Code and Its Democratic Deficit
–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.
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What’s New in Public Law
—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…