Author: Richard Albert
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Two Kinds of Unconstitutional Constitutional Interpretations in China’s Hong Kong
—Dr. P.Y. Lo, Barrister-at-law, Gilt Chambers, Hong Kong; Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong The taking of oaths by two members of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at the first meeting of the newly elected Legislative Council on 12 October…
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UK Learns Brexit is Easier Said Than Done
[This post was first published on the website of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. It is republished here with permission of the author.] —David R. Cameron, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Program on European Union Studies, Yale University When Prime Minister Theresa May took over…
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Call for Applications–Emile Noël Fellowship Program at NYU School of Law
A message from the I-CON Co-Editors-in-Chief, Joseph Weiler and Gráinne de Búrca, faculty directors of the Jean Monnet Center at NYU School of Law: The Jean Monnet Center at NYU School of Law is currently accepting applications for its Emile Noël Fellowship Program for AY 2017/18.
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Ten Good Reads for Christmas — Editor-in-Chief’s Choices for 2016
—J. H. H. Weiler, Co-Editor-in-Chief, I•CON As is now our custom, I list 10 of the books I read during the last year which stood out and which I do not hesitate to recommend to our readers. The law books – seven in all – are actually all relatively recent.
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What’s New in Public Law
–Sandeep Suresh, LL.M in Comparative Constitutional Law (Central European University, Budapest) 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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Reminder–Invitation to Friends of I-CONnect: Symposium on “The War on Japan’s Pacifist Constitution”
–Richard Albert, Boston College Law School Friends of I-CONnect are invited to attend a symposium on “The War on Japan’s Pacifist Constitution,” to be held at the University of Tokyo on December 17-18, 2016. The program will feature keynote addresses by Yoichi Higuchi (University of Tokyo/Japan Academy) and Sanford Levinson (University of Texas-Austin).
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What’s New in Public Law
–Patrick Yingling, Reed Smith LLP 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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The Austrian Presidential Crisis of 2016
—Konrad Lachmayer, Vienna The Austrian presidential election, now finally over as of December 4, produced a remarkable result. For the first time a candidate from the Green Party became head of state in Europe. The real story of the Austrian presidential campaign, however, is something else: the president-elect had already won the run-off vote in May 2016.
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REMINDER–Deadline December 15, 2016–Call for Papers–Symposium on The Constitution of Canada: History, Evolution, Influence and Reform–Pisa, Italy–24 May 2017
Symposium on The Constitution of Canada: History, Evolution, Influence and Reform On the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Confederation In memory of Alessandro Pizzorusso Scuola Sant’Anna Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33 Pisa, Italy Convened by Giuseppe Martinico Richard Albert Antonia Baraggia Cristina Fasone 24 May 2017 Pisa, Italy This Symposium will convene a group…
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What’s New in Public Law
–Simon Drugda, Nagoya University Graduate School of Law (Japan) Developments in Constitutional Courts The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt struck down a provision of the protest law (Act No. 107) that permits the country’s Interior Minister to cancel scheduled protests. The Constitutional Court of Romania referred a same-sex couple’s marriage case to the European Court of Justice.