Category: Developments
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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.
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The Latest at Ius Publicum Network Review
—Gabriella M. Racca, University of Turin I-CONnect and IUS Publicum Network Review are pleased to partner together to deepen the study of comparative public law and to enhance its online coverage. The IUS Publicum Network Review is a network of the national leading public and administrative law journals in Europe, whose aim is to track and interpret the evolution…
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Angelique Devaux, French Licensed Attorney (Notaire) 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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The “Unconstitutional State of Affairs” in Brazil’s Prison System: The Enchantment of Legal Transplantation
[Editor’s Note: This is the second of two perspectives on an ongoing case in Brazil where the Supreme Federal Tribunal, in deciding a case relating to prison conditions, imported the unconstitutional state of affairs doctrine used by the Colombian Constitutional Court.
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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.