Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Juan Sebastián López, researcher in international human rights law and constitutional law, J.D. Universidad Externado de Colombia. 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…

  • The Cautious Attitude of the Italian Constitutional Court on Assisted Suicide: An Example of “Passive Activism”?

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    —Tania Groppi, Università degli Studi di Siena [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more on our 2024 columnists, see here.] On July 18th, 2024, the Italian Constitutional Court (hereinafter ICC) ruled (for the fourth time in the last few years) on assisted suicide (decision n° 135/2024). This judgment can be considered…

  • After Chevron: The Constitutional Foundations of U.S. Administrative Law from a Comparative Latin American Perspective

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    –José Ignacio Hernández, Constitutional and Administrative Law Professor, Catholic University and Central University (Venezuela). Invited Professor, PUCMM (Dominican Republic), Castilla La Mancha and La Coruña (Spain), Senior Associate, Center for Strategical and International Studies. In the Loper Bright case[1], the Supreme Court overruled Chevron, stating that “Courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Benjamin Nurkić, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law University of Tuzla and a member of the Constitutional Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. —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…

  • CJEU Delivers Pivotal Decision on Women’s Rights and International Protection: Judgment C-646/21

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    –Virginia Lemme, University of Siena Is being a woman who believes in the value of gender equality sufficient for recognition of international protection in the context of refugee status? On June 11, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a decision[1], pertaining to the case C- 646/21, addressing once again the…

  • Documenting Injustice: Constitutional Challenges on Celluloid – A Reportage from Sheffield DocFest 2024

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    —Mara Malagodi, Reader (Associate Professor), Warwick Law School The 2024 edition of Sheffield DocFest “Reflections on Realities” took place on 12-17 June. I attended as an industry delegate. Using the films screened and the discussions held at this fascinating event, I will explore in this post the intriguing question of what we can learn by…

  • The Catalan Process of Independence and the Spanish Amnesty Act

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    — Pau Bossacoma Busquets, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. After being rejected by the upper house of the Spanish Parliament, the Amnesty Act 2024 “for the institutional, political and social normalization in Catalonia” has nonetheless been passed by the lower house with an absolute majority (177 Ayes v. 172 Nays). To examine this controversial statute we…

  • 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…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    Today @iconnect_blog, a report from Yacine Ben Chaabane Mousli on public law developments in the world–cases, papers, CFPs & more: #url#

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Wilson Seraine da Silva Neto, PhD Candidate in Economic Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra 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…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    Surbhi Karwa, PhD Candidate, UNSW-Sydney   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 for our weekly…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    –Neslihan Çetin, PhD Candidate (University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) 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…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Juan Sebastián López, researcher in international human rights law and constitutional law, J.D. Universidad Externado de Colombia. 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…

  • Announcement | Proposal for Taiwanese Chapter of ICON-S

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    —Felicia Caponigri and Johanna Fröhlich, Co-Directors of Chapter Development, The International Society of Public Law The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) has received a proposal from Chien-Chih Lin & Yi-Li Lee to create a Taiwanese chapter of ICON-S. Please write to icons.chapterdevelopment@gmail.com and to Chien-Chih Lin at chienchihlin@gate.sinica.edu.tw if you are a public law…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Claudia Marchese, Research Fellow in Comparative Public Law at the University of Sassari (Italy) Developments in Constitutional Courts In the News New Scholarship Calls for Papers and Announcements Elsewhere Online

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Anubhav Kumar, Advocate & Researcher, Supreme Court of India  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. To submit relevant developments for our weekly…

  • The future for citizens’ assemblies in Ireland

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    —Seána Glennon, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law In the past decade, the Irish people have voted in favour of a range of liberalising constitutional amendments: from marriage equality to abortion rights to removing the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. These changes have coincided with the incorporation of citizen deliberation into…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Yassin Abdalla Abdelkarim, Judge at Luxor Elementary Court, Egypt. LLM Leeds Beckett University, UK. –Jose Mario de la Garza-Martins, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Theory, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico 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…

  • After the Indonesian 2024 General Election: What Went Wrong With Indonesian Democracy?

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    –Stefanus Hendrianto, Pontifical Gregorian University On March 20th, 2024, the Indonesian Election Commission officially declared that the Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto won the Presidential Election, which took place on February 14, 2024. The result might not be shocking because Prabowo had maintained a lead in the pre-election survey. Nevertheless, it is still surprising that he…

  • What’s New in Public Law

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    —Silvia Talavera Lodos, PhD Candidate, School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna. —Benjamin Nurkić, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law University of Tuzla and a member of the Constitutional Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in…