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What’s New: Week of October 13

–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 for our weekly feature on “What’s New in Public Law,” please email iconnecteditors@gmail.com.

Developments in Constitutional Courts

  1. The new term in the US Supreme Court has just started.
  2. Professor Adam Strzembosz, former first president of the Polish Supreme Court, passed away last Friday.
  3. If a parliamentary seat becomes vacant before the start of a parliamentary term, there should be a procedure to fill it, says the European Court of Human Rights in its judgment regarding Cyprus and the right to free elections.
  4. The President of the General Court of the European Union was recently re-elected.
  5. Cases involving the budget deficit are being faced by Romania’s top court.

In the News

  1. The US government shutdown continues as a new week starts.
  2. Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela has been named the laureate of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
  3. As Jim Gavin withdrew, there are two candidates left in the Irish presidential race.
  4. Sébastien Lecornu has been again designated as French Prime Minister, after his recent resignation.
  5. Several presidential and parliamentary elections are taking place in October.

New Scholarship

  1. Hendrianto S., Comparative Constitutional Law and Abortion Constitutionalism: on the Legacy of Justice Scalia in Dobbs, “Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal 2025”, vol. 15, no. 2 (the influcence of Justice A. Scalia on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Heath Organization ruling).
  2. Baude W., Bray S.L., Levy M.K., Remedies for a Constitutional Crisis, “Harvard Law Review” 2026 (forthcoming; the essay shows a number of remedial options for the judiciary in a time of impending constituional crisis).
  3. O’Mahony C., Why children should have constitutional rights of their own, “International Journal of Constitutional Law” advance article (the article being in favour of including the provisions regarding children’s rights not only in international law acts but also in the national constitutions).
  4. Brodeală E., Gender roles and the family under Romania’s post-socialist constitution: Between progress and restraint, “International Journal of Constitutional Law” advance article (examining the status of gender equality in Easter European constitutions and societies, with particular focus on Romania).
  5. Huq A.Z., Ginsburg T., Family, Faith and Nation: The Roberts Court and the Global Pivot Against Legal Liberalism, “Boston College Law Review” 2026 (forthcoming; examining the taking of a conservative direction by the US Supreme Court in comparative perspective).

Calls for Papers and Announcements

  1. Next year’s ICON-S annual conference will take place in Dublin, Ireland. Those, who are interested, should mark in their calendars the following dates: June 29th–July 1st 2026.
  2. The Law & Society Association organises its annual Graduate Student and Early Career Workshop in San Francisco, California. Applications are due to November 13th.
  3. On October 28th, CEE chapter of the ICON-S will host the online roundtable on the book called: The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty (Princeton 2023). Registration is free and possible through this form.
  4. Lund University (Sweden) organises in June 2026 the Workshop on Positive Obligations and Discrimination in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights. Proposals should be submitted by November 8.
  5. Every two years, the Review of European Administrative Law organises the REALaw Forum. The next one will take place in Aix-en-Provence in September 2026. The abstracts are welcome up to November 15.
  6. Interested in the theory and practice of constitution writing? Join legal scholars and students from around the world for an intensive two-week program at Pembroke and Trinity Colleges, University of Oxford (August 3–14, 2026), focused on constitutional negotiation, writing, and design. Participants will gain hands-on experience with Quill, the world’s first constitution-writing software. Apply by January 5, 2026 at oxfordsummerseminar.my.canva.site.

Elsewhere Online

  1.  Various authors, Defund Meat Debate, Verfassungsblog.
  2. Tassel-Maurizi E., Merchán Duque M. Colombia’s Peace Process: an unprecedented tribunal hands down its first convictions, EJIL:Talk!
  3. Zhao B., Towards a Constitutionalization of International Climate Law?, OpinioJuris.
  4. Price Z.S., Government “Shutdowns” and the U.S. Constitution, Verfassungsblog.
  5. Willis E., A four-year parliamentary term for New Zealand?, ConstitutionNet.

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