Category: Developments
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The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq from Interpreting to Amending the Constitution: KRG’s Oil Judgement as an Example
—Majida S Ismael, Researcher at Liverpool John Moores University and Former Lecturer at University of Dohuk-Kurdistan Has the federal supreme court of Iraq taken every opportunity to address and get involved in the political process in the country? Why, for many observers of the political process in Iraq, have the recent judgments issued by the…
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Dead or Alive?: The Taliban and the Conundrum of Afghanistan’s 2004 Constitution
—Shamshad Pasarlay, Visiting Lecturer, The University of Chicago School of Law [Editor’s Note: This is one of our biweekly ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2022 columnists, see here.] One of the closely observed aspects of the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan has been the group’s views on constitutionalism, and how they may address…
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What’s New in Public Law
—Anubhav Kumar, Advocate, Supreme Court of India & Researcher at Bar Association of India (BAI) Developments in Constitutional Courts The German Federal Constitutional Court rejected several challenges to the provisional application of a controversial free trade agreement between the EU and Canada.The
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What’s New in Public Law
– Irina Criveț, PhD Candidate in Public Law, Koç University 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.
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What’s New in Public Law
–Silvio Roberto Vinceti, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 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.
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An Invitation | Statement in Support of People of Ukraine
—Richard Albert, Professor of World Constitutions and Director of Constitutional Studies, The University of Texas at Austin A Statement in Support of the People of Ukraine has been issued for any member of ICON-S to endorse in her/his/their personal capacity. Signatures may be added here.
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What’s New in Public Law
—Robert Rybski, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Environment and Sustainable Development. 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…
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Mandatory Vaccination is not an Assault to Freedom: A Plea for Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination in Germany
—Felipe Oliveira de Sousa, Center for Law, Behaviour and Cognition (CLBC), Ruhr-Universität Bochum The German Bundestag has recently opened discussions about the adoption of a general mandatory vaccination requirement for Covid-19 (Allgemeine Impfpflicht) in Germany. Whereas some voices argue that it would be disproportionate and lead to a strong interference in the fundamental rights of…
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The Telegram Conundrum in Brazil
—Gustavo Buss, Master of Laws UFPR, & Estefânia Maria de Queiroz Barboza, Professor of Constitutional Law at UFPR and Uninter The last few years have provided concrete examples of how the political discourse has occupied new corners of the digital arena.
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The Italian Constitutional Court and the Referendum on Euthanasia(?): a Declaration of Inadmissibility
–Benedetta Vimercati, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Milan On 15 February the Italian Constitutional Court issued a press release to announce its ruling that the euthanasia referendum’s question is inadmissible. The press release concisely states that the Constitutional judges turned down the request to hold a national referendum because it would not safeguard…