Author: dlandau
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Statement by Constitutional Scholars in Support of Japanese Students and Citizens Protesting Prime Minister Abe’s Reinterpretation of Pacifist Constitution
Editor’s note: Although we do not regularly do so, we occasionally will issue statements that may be of professional interest to our members. Those interested in adding their names to the below can contact Tom Ginsburg at tginsburg@uchicago.edu Statement by constitutional scholars in support of Japanese students and citizens protesting Prime Minister Abe’s reinterpretation of…
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Corporate Campaign Contributions in Brazil: Of Courts, Congresses, and the Agendas of Individual Justices
—Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, University of Brasilia Debates over the relationship between Congress and the Judiciary are quite common in the comparative constitutional literature, especially in the current scenario of rising activism of constitutional courts worldwide. Particularly interesting is to observe how Supreme Courts and Parliaments negotiate the pace of their decisions, sometimes in a symbiotic…
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Hasebe Yasuo Interview with the Kochi Shimbun
As many readers know, there is a significant debate going on in Japan today about the government’s proposal to pass a new law that would allow for collective self-defense in the event of armed attack. This has led to protests and conflict.
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Remembrance of Things Past (I·CON 13, Issue 1: Editorial)
I have invited Ran Hirschl, member of our Editorial Board, to write the Editorial for this issue. His contribution follows below. “Remembrance of Things Past” A couple of years ago in these pages, I published an extended Editorial outlining the analytical and methodological need to move beyond a text- or court-centric comparative constitutional law to…
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I.CON’s current issue (Table of Contents)
I.CON Volume 13 Issue 1 Table of Contents Editorial I·CON Keynote Dieter Grimm, The role of fundamental rights after sixty-five years of constitutional jurisprudence in Germany Articles Arthur Dyevre, Technocracy and distrust: Revisiting the rationale for constitutional review Yan Lin, Constitutional evolution through legislation: The quiet transition of China’s Constitution Theunis Roux, American ideas abroad:…
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Reforming the Afghan Electoral System: The Current Debate and its Implications for the Plans to Amend the Afghan Constitution
–Shamshad Pasarlay, Mohammad Qadamshah, & Clark B. Lombardi, University of Washington School of Law Afghanistan’s flawed system for electing presidents and resolving electoral disputes led recently to a political crisis that nearly split the country. The immediate crisis was resolved through a special power sharing agreement between the two leading candidates, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah…
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The Honduran Constitutional Chamber’s Decision Erasing Presidential Term Limits: Abusive Constitutionalism by Judiciary?
—David Landau, Florida State University College of Law & Brian Sheppard, Seton Hall University School of Law The recent decision of the Constitutional Chamber of Honduras annulling a series of constitutional and legal provisions that prohibited presidential reelection and made that prohibition unamendable was a troubling one.
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The Mass Protests of March and April 2015 in Brazil: A Continuation of June 2013?
—Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, University of Brasilia Last March 15 and April 12, Brazil again became the stage of huge mass protests. Hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed many of the largest cities in the country, bringing back memories of the demonstrations of June 2013 during the FIFA Confederations Cup.