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What’s New: Week of October 27

By October 27, 2025October 28th, 2025What's New in Public Law

—Erick Guapizaca Jiménez, SJD Candidate, University of Michigan Law School. 

— Rajesh Ranjan, Chevening Scholar, LLM Candidate, SOAS, University of London. 

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. Mongolia’s top court halted an attempt to remove Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav, ruling that the parliamentary vote to dismiss was unconstitutional, citing procedural errors and upholding the President’s veto.
  2. The Supreme Court of India held that transgender and gender-diverse persons are not required to seek permission from their employers to undergo gender affirmation or surgical intervention, asserting that the right to self-determination of gender is a matter of personal autonomy and dignity.
  3. The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel must allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, finding its restrictions breached international obligations; had failed to justify its ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and other relief agencies, and required them to cooperate in line with international law.
  4. The UK Supreme Court ruled in favour of Nigeria, dismissing Process & Industrial Developments Ltd’s appeal on the currency of legal costs, holding that Nigeria is entitled to recover costs in sterling. 
  5. The New South Wales Supreme Court invalidated a key provision of the Crimes Amendment (Places of Worship) Act 2025, holding that this infringed the implied constitutional freedom of political communication.

In the News

  1. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is hearing arguments this week against one of its previous rulings, concerning the definition of deprivation of liberty for persons who lack the capacity to consent to their care arrangements.
  2. The Supreme Court of India has published a comprehensive handbook on child rights and the law to help judges, lawyers, and others understand and protect children’s rights.
  3. Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador reported escalating state intimidation ahead of a critical November referendum that could lead to the rewriting of the country’s constitution.
  4. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, urging Ukraine to accept Russia’s terms to end the war.

New Scholarship 

  1. Rohit De and Ornit Shani, Assembling India’s Constitution: A New Democratic History  (Cambridge 2025) (exploring the complex processes and diverse voices that shaped India’s Constitution, and showing the dynamic interplay of politics, identity, and law in post-colonial India’s foundational moment).
  2. Richard Bellamy and Jeff King (eds), Cambridge Handbook on Constitutional Theory (Cambridge 2025) (providing a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of key debates in constitutional theory and bringing together leading scholars to explore the philosophical, legal, and political dimensions that shape constitutions worldwide).
  3. Patrick Loobuyck & Vladimir Lukic, ‘The Mutual Reinforcement of Populism and Post-Truth in Undermining Deliberative Democracy’  Res Publica (2025) (arguing that most scholarship treats populism and post-truth politics as separate phenomena, but their convergence combines epistemic distortion with political exclusion).
  4. Mansi Tiwari, ‘Tribal Communities and the Indian Constitution: Socioeconomic Rights of Tribes in India and the Challenge of Climate Change’ Comparative and Administrative Law Journal (2025) (examining the constitutional protections for tribal communities in India amid evolving environmental challenges, and highlighting the intersection of indigenous rights, socioeconomic justice, and climate resilience).
  5. Edoardo Celeste, Amelie Heldt, and Clara Iglesias Keller, ‘Taking the Constitutional Significance of Social Media Seriously’ International Journal of Constitutional Law (2025) (arguing that social media platforms have become crucial spaces for public discourse and democratic participation, and that constitutional law must evolve to address the challenges and opportunities posed by this, as well as recognise the impact on rights).

Calls for Papers and Announcements 

  1. Public Humanities invites submissions for the upcoming themed issue on ‘AI and Cultural Identity’, guest edited by Rena Alasgarova and Jeyhun Rzayev. Full papers are due by 1 November 2025.
  2. The 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Education (TECONF 2025) will be held at the University of Oxford from October 24-26, 2025.
  3. The University of Michigan Law School invites scholars to submit their abstracts for the 12th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 17-18, 2026. The deadline for submissions is January 5, 2026.

Elsewhere Online 

  1. Richard Martin, Counting Cumulative Impact: More Public Order Law Additions, (UK Constitutional Law Association, 22 October 2025).
  2. Carla Liuzzo, Mimi Tsai, In the era of ‘degrowth’, how long can business schools keep teaching about maximizing profits?, (Scroll, 21 October  2025)
  3. Rajesh Ranjan & Vrishti Shami, Humour targeted at the disabled reveals a troubling mindset, (Indian Express, 12 September 2025)
  4. Fabia Fernandes Carvalho, et al, Polarisation, Politics and the Constitutional Interpretation of International Law in Guatemala, (IACL- AIDC Blog, 23 October 2025)
  5. Or Bassok, From Nazi Jurists to Israel’s Supreme Court: Backroom Battles and Bitter Feuds in Legal Academia, (Haaretz, 29 September 2025)

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