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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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Can a Policy with an Impossible Aim be Legitimate and Necessary? France’s “Abolitionist” Policy in M.A. and Others v. France
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—Thomas Joyce, Tilburg University In July 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services did not constitute a violation of the respect for private life, pursuant to Article 8 of the ECHR. A large number of sex workers had brought the case against France after…
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What’s New in Public Law
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–Silvia Talavera Lodos, PhD Candidate, School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna 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…
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Trump v. CASA, Inc. – The Latest Step in the Undoing of American Democracy
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–Masoom Sanyal, Final Year Law Student, Gujarat National Law University, India [Editor’s Note: This post is part of our series on perspectives by undergraduate law students.] The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) had delivered an opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that could be the latest step in undoing the American democracy. Expectedly,…
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The Relaunch of Constitutional Studies
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—Berihun Adugna Gebeye, Assistant Professor, UCL Faculty of Laws and Book Review Editor, Constitutional Studies The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) and the Comparative Constitutions Project (CCP) have launched a new journal: Constitutional Studies (CS). The journal publishes work from a variety of disciplines addressing the theory and practice of constitutional government worldwide. In…
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What’s New in Public Law
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–Wilson Seraine da Silva Neto, PhD Candidate in Law & Economics at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon. 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…
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What’s New in Public Law
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—Yassin Abdalla Abdelkarim, Judge at Sohag Elementary Court, Egypt. LLM Leeds Beckett University, UK. 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…
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Queer Freedom and the Limits of Law: Lessons from For Women Scotland Ltd v. The Scottish Ministers
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–Arifur Rahman, Postgraduate of NYU School of Law and the University of Dhaka, & Sarthak Gupta, Judicial Law Clerk-cum-Research Associate at the Supreme Court of India; Lawyer and Researcher based in New Delhi. On 16th April, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered its decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v. The Scottish…
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What’s New in Public Law
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–Dhruv Singhal, B.A. LL.B. (Hons) Candidate at National Law University, Jodhpur, India —Miracle Okoth Okumu Mudeyi, LL.B. (Hons) University of Nairobi, Advocate Trainee, Kenya School of Law, Kenya 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,…
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What’s New in Public Law
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–Marieta Safta, Professor Phd, Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania –Niels Graaf, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 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…
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Constitutional Court Appointments and Acting Presidents in South Korea: The Messy Aftermath of the Yoon Impeachment
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—Yoomin Won, Associate Professor, Seoul National University [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2025 columnists, see here.] On June 3, 2025, South Korea elected a new president of the republic. Lee Jae-myung is now elected from the presidential election that took place following the impeachment decision of the…
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What’s New in Public Law
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—Alan Mauricio Jiménez Díaz, PhD. Candidate, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. —Sumit Kumar Ganguly, Visiting Faculty, Amity University, Kolkata, 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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Call for papers: International Conference — Beyond the State. New Perspectives on the Conceptual Relationships Between Constitution and Society
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Call for papersInternational ConferenceBeyond the State. New Perspectives on the Conceptual Relationships Between Constitution and Society 29ᵗʰ and 30ᵗʰ January 2026 – Paris Constitutionalism, understood as a means of establishing a political sphere to make it autonomous from society, is seen as having built the opposition between the State and society. At the same time,…
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What’s New in Public Law
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– Sarthak Gupta, Judicial Law Clerk (Supreme Court of India) and Kushagr Bakshi, SJD Candidate (University of Michigan) 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…
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Clarifying Gubernatorial Powers in the Legislative Process: The Indian Supreme Court’s Judgment in State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu
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–John Simte, lawyer and legal researcher based in New Delhi On 08 April 2025, the Indian Supreme Court delivered its judgment in State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu, clarifying the constitutional limits of the Governor’s role under Articles 200 and 201 of the Constitution. The case arose from a prolonged standoff between…
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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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Commodifying Nationality, Undermining Democracy
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—Goran Selanec, Constitutional Court of Croatia [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more information on our 2025 columnists, see here.] At the end of April, the Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered a highly anticipated ruling in the case C-181/23 Commission v Malta.[1] The case concerned the possibility of issuing the so-called “golden…
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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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