Category: Developments
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Facebook Before the ECJ: The Clash between EU and US Conceptions of Privacy
—Fiorella Dal Monte, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice The concept of privacy and the tools available to protect it have come to represent a dividing line between the two sides of the Atlantic. In the Schrems case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) very recently placed significant obstacles in the way of…
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Rohan Alva, Advocate, India 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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Constitutional Design, Institutional Strategy, and Corporate Campaign Contributions in Brazil
—Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, University of Brasilia Supreme Court decisions on the limits and scope of electoral rules are normally controversial. One of the reasons is that the boundaries between law and politics are often blurred. The US Supreme Court, in Citizens United v.
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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 Papers–Symposium on Constitutionalism under Extreme Conditions–University of Haifa, Israel
The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions in collaboration with Boston College Law School under the auspices of Israeli Association of Public Law invite submissions for Symposium on Constitutionalism under Extreme Conditions University of Haifa Haifa, Israel Monday, 18 July 2016 9:00am-6:30pm The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions…
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Reminder–Call for Papers–Symposium on Constitutional Change and Transformation in Africa–Kabarak University, Kenya
Kabarak University School of Law Centre for Jurisprudence & Constitutional Studies in collaboration with Boston College Law School under the auspices of The International Society of Public Law (ICON·S) invite submissions for Symposium on Constitutional Change and Transformation in Africa Kabarak University School of Law Nakuru, Kenya June 9-10, 2016 Kabarak University School of Law, Boston…
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Judicial Supremacy, not Independence, Upheld in NJAC Judgment
—Rehan Abeyratne, Jindal Global Law School Last week, the Supreme Court of India issued a landmark judgment holding the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) unconstitutional. As Chintan Chandrachud has explained in detail on I-CONnect, the Court held that the NJAC violated the Indian Constitution’s “basic structure” by restricting the independence of the judiciary.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Sandeep Suresh, National Law University, Jodhpur, India 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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Collaboration, Not Confrontation: The Indian Supreme Court on Judicial Appointments
—Chintan Chandrachud, PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge and LLM Candidate at Yale Law School Today, a five-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court decided amongst the most significant constitutional cases in its recent history – one that had prompted a moratorium on judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the twenty-four High Courts.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Margaret Lan Xiao, SJD Candidate, Case Western Reserve University 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.