Author: Richard Albert
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Finding a Panel at 2020 ICON-S Annual Conference
–The Editors Many of our readers are happily planning to attend the 2020 Annual Conference of the International Society of Public Law, to be held at the University of Wrocław in Poland on July 9-11, 2020. For those attendees who wish to propose a fully-formed panel but are unable readily to identify others who are…
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What’s New in Public Law
–Susan Achury, Miami University 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.
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Invitation to Friends of I-CONnect: 2020 Global Conference on Constitution-Making and Constitutional Change
—Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law and Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin Friends of I-CONnect are welcome to attend a major international conference on “Constitution-Making and Constitutional Change,” to be held this coming week on January 17-18, 2020, at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Undoing Authoritarianism: Thailand’s Campaign to Amend the 2017 Constitution
–Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University The 2017 Constitution has only been in effect for two years but the movement to amend, or even replace it, is spawning. The campaign for a constitutional change is spearheaded mainly by the opposition party, supported by several anti-junta groups.
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What’s New in Public Law
–Mohamed Abdelaal, Assistant Professor, Alexandria University Faculty of 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 books and articles, and blog posts from around the public law blogosphere.
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Meet the 2020 Team for “What’s New in Public Law”
–The Editors Exactly six years ago on January 5, 2014, we published the very first edition of “What’s New in Public Law.” Its format today is largely unchanged, and its purpose has remained the same: to update our readers on recent developments in public law around the world.
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I-CONnect at the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
–The Editors The I-CONnect Editors will all be in Washington, DC, this week for the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools. Tom Ginsburg will participate in a panel on “Representation, Voting, and Sustainable Constitutional Democracy” Sunday, January 5, from 1:30pm to 3:15pm in the Marriott Ballroom Salon 2.
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What’s New in Public Law
—Davide Bacis, PhD Student in Constitutional Law, University of Pavia, Italy 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.
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In Memoriam: Meir Shamgar (13 August 1925 – 18 October 2019)
–Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Department of Politics, University of Hull I am deeply saddened by the death of Israel’s legal giant Meir Shamgar, a noble, wise and most knowledgeable doer. A mensch. Shamgar’s life encapsulates the story of the State of Israel. He was born as Meron (Meir) Sternberg in 1925 in Danzig, now Gdansk in Poland,…
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In Malaysia, Eastminster Prevails
–Ganesh Sahathevan, Fellow, American Center for Democracy A decision of the Court of Appeal Malaysia handed down on 28 November 2019 suggests that “Eastminister” style exercise of powers by Malaysia’s Heads of State may no longer be the subject of judicial review once the Head of State’s preferred Head of Government can demonstrate by a simple…