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The Return of Brazil to the International Arena of Human Rights
—Estefânia Maria de Queiroz Barboza and Melina Girardi Fachin, Federal University of Paraná [Editor’s Note: This is the second substantive post in the ICONnect symposium on the new Lula government in Brazil and the challenge of democratic erosion after Bolsonaro. For the introduction to the symposium, see here.]
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Challenges of the Lula Government in the Context of Latin America
—Talita São Thiago Tanscheit, Associate Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of Diego Portales University [Editor’s Note: This is the first substantive post in the ICONnect symposium on the new Lula government in Brazil and the challenge of democratic erosion after Bolsonaro.
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Symposium on the Challenges of the Lula Government in Reversing Democratic Erosion in Brazil: Introduction
—Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, University of Brasília and Conrado Hübner Mendes, University of São Paulo Bolsonaro is gone, but not bolsonarism. Neither the shadow of Bolsonaro, who left the country before Lula’s inauguration and, without recognizing electoral defeat, has been living in Florida ever since.
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Editorial: Israel: Cry, the beloved country
—J.H.H. Weiler, co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) Israel, like many other democracies today, is a deeply polarized society. The operating principle of public discourse is typically: “Art thou for us or for our adversaries” (Joshua 5:13). Whether it is the never-ending Arab-Israeli conflict and the 55-year Occupation of the Territories (even how to…
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Self-healing Constitutions
—Bryan Dennis G. Tiojanco, Project Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. Twitter: @botiojanco [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more on our 2022 columnists, see here.] Last month MIT News reported that we have finally opened a window to why ancient Roman concrete structures can last…
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What’s New in Public Law
–Wilson Seraine da Silva Neto, Master Student at the University of Coimbra – Portugal; Postgraduate in Constitutional Law at Brazilian Academy of Constitutional Law 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…
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What’s New in Public Law
—Robert Rybski, Assistant Professor & Head of “Sustainable Finance – Postgraduate Studies in Law and Finance” at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Environment and Sustainable Development. In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in public law.
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What’s New in Public Law
—Maja Sahadžić, Assistant Professor (University of Antwerp) and Senior Research Fellow (Law Institute in B&H) 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…
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Latin American Constitutional Law and Green Constitutionalism: A Path Forward
–José Ignacio Hernández G., Law Professior, Catholic University and Central University (Venezuela); Invited Professor, Pontifical University (Dominican Republic), and La Coruña and Castilla-La Mancha Universities (Spain); Fellow, Growth Lab-Harvard Kennedy School Introduction As Ricardo Hausmann explains, to achieve energy transition goals, it is necessary to electrify the economy or, in other words, decarbonize the economy.
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ICON-S Chapter Proposal | France | Invitation for Comment and Participation
–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 Eleonora Bottini and Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez to create a French chapter of ICON-S. Please write to icons.chapterdevelopment@gmail.com and