Category: Developments
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Mohamed Abdelaal, Alexandria University (Egypt) In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in comparative 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 comparative public law blogosphere.
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Philippine Supreme Court: Foundlings are Natural Born Citizens; May Run for President
—Dante Gatmaytan, University of the Philippines, College of Law On March 8, 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court promulgated a landmark decision holding that Senator Grace Poe, a foundling, is a natural born citizen and eligible to run for President in the May 2016 national elections.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Rohan Alva, Advocate, New Delhi In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in comparative 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 comparative public law blogosphere.
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Publication Announcement: Research Handbook on Global Administrative Law
I-CONnect is pleased to announce the publication of the Research Handbook on Global Administrative Law, edited by Prof. Sabino Cassese, founding president of ICON-S, the International Society of Public Law. The book will be of great interest to scholars of comparative public law.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Patrick Yingling, Reed Smith LLP In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in comparative 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 comparative public law blogosphere.
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Call for Nominations: Harold Berman Prize for Excellence in Law & Religion Scholarship
—Richard Albert, Boston College Law School In my capacity as Chair of the AALS Section on Law & Religion, I have created a new award to recognize junior professors for scholarly excellence in the field. I invite our readers to nominate colleagues for the award, which will be named the “Harold Berman Prize.”
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Norway: New Chief Justice Appointed to the Supreme Court
–Anine Kierulf, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo Law School As of today, March 1, 2016, the Norwegian Supreme Court has a new Chief Justice: Toril Øie, the first female Chief in its 200 years.[1] Øie replaces Tore Schei,[2] Chief Justice since 2002.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Sandeep Suresh, Research Associate, Daksh India (Rule of Law Project) In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in comparative 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 comparative public law blogosphere.
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Interpreting Unamendable Clauses: Brazil’s New Precedent on the Presumption of Innocence
—Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, University of Brasilia On February 17, the Brazilian Supreme Court, after having overturned its precedent on presumption of innocence,[1] spurred a heated debate over the limits of interpretation of petrified or unamendable clauses of the Brazilian constitution. In an unexpected decision on a writ of habeas corpus,[2] the majority[3] held that the…
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Leading by Opposition: Justice Scalia and Comparative Constitutional Law
—Claudia E. Haupt, Columbia Law School As tributes to Justice Antonin Scalia are pouring in, a common theme is emerging among those of us who tended to disagree with him in most cases: he made us think harder. As Jamal Greene, himself a scholar of comparative constitutional law, remarked: “What he did was change how…