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  • ICON Volume 23, Issue 1: Table of Contents

    I•CON Volume 23 Issue 1 Table of Contents Editorial: In this issue; Guest Editorial: Making gender equality visible in judicial selections at the European Court of Justice Honoring our peer reviewers I•CON Foreword Nehal Bhuta, Social rights and the origins of the social constitution: From collective natural rights to the social state Articles Holning Lau,…

  • ICON Volume 23, Issue 1: Editorial

    In this issue; Guest editorial: Making gender equality visible in judicial selections at the European Court of Justice In this issue We begin this issue with a Guest Editorial by Laure Clement-Wilz and Fernanda Nicola, who invite reflection on the criteria for judicial selection at the European Court of Justice.

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  • What’s New in Public Law

    –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…

  • Three Decades Without a Social Contract: A Call for Constitutional Adoption in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

    –Hassan Mustafa Hussein, Ph.D. in Constitutional law, Soran University, KRI August 1 is observed worldwide as World Constitution Day. On such significant occasions, it is common for major civilized nations to celebrate their greatest political achievements, usually reflected in a written or other form of constitution.

  • Legislating in Silence: The Reform of the Brazilian Civil Code and Its Democratic Deficit

    –Anna Claudia Svoboda ,Ph.D. candidate, Pontificial Catholic University of São Paulo Brazil is currently debating the most comprehensive reform of its Civil Code since the current version came into force in 2002. The proposal aims to revise over a thousand provisions and modernize key areas of private law.

  • What’s New in Public Law

    —Gonen Ilan, Ph.D Candidate, Bar-Ilan University, Israel —Sarthak Sahoo, Undergraduate Student of Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab 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…

  • South Korea’s Impeachment Tests: A Blueprint for Constitutional Repair

    –Kwak Nohyun, former professor of law, Korea National Open University On the night of December 3, 2024, South Korean democracy faced its most severe test since democratization. At 10:29 PM, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “extraordinary martial law,” triggering a swift and decisive response.

  • When War Comes Home: The Constitutional Cost of Iran’s Security Crackdown

    —Faraz Firouzi Mandomi, Ph.D. Candidate in Law, University of Hamburg On June 4, 2025, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, declared: “The United States and Israel can’t do a damn thing.” As I argued at the time, this statement was not mere defiance, but a constitutional directive.

  • Rethinking Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Past and Future: History Education Before the Constitutional Court

    —Karla Žeravčić, Ph.D. Researcher, European University Institute, Department of Law –Kaja Stelmaszewska, LL.M. student, University of Wrocław In January 2025, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) delivered a decision that struck down elements of the Republika Srpska school curriculum for violating the state Constitution.

  • What’s New In Public Law

    –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.

  • Judicial Independence under Threat in South Sudan

    —Mark Deng, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School In my first post published on 13 April 2025, I discussed the nature of South Sudan’s 2011 Transitional Constitution, calling it a conflation of international template and domestic aspirations. I also discussed the idea of a strong president deeply embedded in that document and how it has…

  • Landmark Ruling Issued by the Special Highest Court of Greece: Annulment of Parliamentary Seats without Replacement

    —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.

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