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The Italian Constitutional Court and the Referendum on Euthanasia(?): a Declaration of Inadmissibility
–Benedetta Vimercati, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Milan On 15 February the Italian Constitutional Court issued a press release to announce its ruling that the euthanasia referendum’s question is inadmissible. The press release concisely states that the Constitutional judges turned down the request to hold a national referendum because it would not safeguard…
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What’s New in Public Law
—Maja Sahadžić, Visiting Professor and Research Fellow (University of Antwerp) and Senior Research Fellow (Law Institute in Sarajevo) 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…
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The Re-election of President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the Challenges for the Italian Form of Government
–Giorgio Grasso, Full Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Insubria (Italy) On 29 January, Parliament in joint session, made up of regional delegates, re-elected Sergio Mattarella as President of the Italian Republic. Following on from President Giorgio Napolitano in 2013, for the second time in Italian constitutional history a President of the Republic has been…
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What’s New in Public Law
—Eman Muhammad Rashwan, Ph.D. Candidate in the European Doctorate in Law & Economics (EDLE), Hamburg University, Germany; Lecturer of Public Law, Cairo University, Egypt. 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,…
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Environmental Protection in the Italian Constitution: Lights and Shadows of the New Constitutional Reform
–Damiano Fuschi, Assistant Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Milan, Italy On February 8 2022, a reform of the first part of the Italian Constitution has been approved for the first time since 1948. The core of the reform lays on the aim of the legislator to introduce a clear and strong protection of…
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The End of the Beginning of Abusive Constitutional Borrowing in Indonesia: On the Suspension Order of the Omnibus Law of Job Creation
–Stefanus Hendrianto – Pontifical Gregorian University In recent months, one of the hot topics in Indonesian constitutional politics is the Indonesian Constitutional Court decision to issue a suspension order with two years deadline on the constitutionality of Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation, commonly known as the Omnibus Law of the Job Creation.[1]
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Call for Proposals | ICON•S Committee on New Directions in Scholarship
The International Society of Public Law (ICON·S) has established a Committee on “New Directions in Scholarship”. Its main objective is to facilitate the dissemination of works that have advanced the knowledge of Public Law and to launch inclusive initiatives in public law research.
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Mexico’s Upcoming Presidential Recall Election has been Hijacked by the President’s Party
—Mariana Velasco-Rivera, National University of Ireland Maynooth, School of Law and Criminology; Co-Editor, IACL Blog. Twitter: @marisconsin. [Editor’s Note: This is one of our regular ICONnect columns.] In recent years, a series of constitutional amendments have introduced mechanisms of direct democracy in Mexico—in particular, referendums (2012) and Presidential recall elections (2019).
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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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The Venice Commission and Transnational Constitutional Advice: Relevance for Mature Democracies
—Maartje De Visser, Singapore Management University, Yong Pung How School of Law [Editor’s Note: This is one of our biweekly ICONnect columns.] On 10 January, the new Dutch government was sworn in, almost a year after its predecessor stepped down. The previous government fell over gross maladministration of a system for childcare allowances, with thousands…