Category: Developments
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Invitation to Friends of I-CONnect: The Future of Electoral Campaign Finance After the Defeat of the 28th Amendment
—Richard Albert, Boston College Law School In collaboration with Jamie Raskin, I have organized a program at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools on the future of electoral campaign finance in the aftermath of the defeat of the 28th Amendment.
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Call for Papers–Deadline: January 10–Politics and the Constitution–University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
CALL FOR PAPERS The Public Law Group of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law invite paper proposals for a workshop on “Politics and the Constitution” University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Ottawa, Canada Friday, July 10, 2015 The Public Law Group of…
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The Ongoing Uncertainty over Irish Law on “The Unborn”: A Comment on P.P. and Health Service Executive
–Eoin Carolan, University College Dublin, School of Law Controversy has again arisen over Ireland’s laws on the protection of the unborn following the High Court’s decision a few days ago on Friday that it was permissible to withdraw somatic support from a pregnant woman who had been clinically brain dead for over 3 weeks.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
—Rohan Alva, Jindal Global Law School 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 Court of Justice of the European Union Strikes Down EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights: What Does the Decision Mean?
—Michèle Finck, University of Oxford A shockwave went through the world of those practitioners and academics that focus on both on European Union (‘EU’) law and on the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (‘ECHR’) last week.
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Call for Papers–“Politics and the Constitution”–University of Ottawa–YCC/ASCL
CALL FOR PAPERS The Public Law Group of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law invite paper proposals for a workshop on “Politics and the Constitution” University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Ottawa, Canada Friday, July 10, 2015 The Public Law Group of…
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War Crimes, Constitution, International Law: …Quid Juris? The Opinion of the Italian Constitutional Court
—Francesco Duranti, Università per Stranieri di Perugia (Italy) With Judgment no. 238/2014 delivered on 22 October 2014, the Italian Constitutional Court (CC) “dialogues” with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the international custom of immunity of States from the civil jurisdiction of other States, as interpreted by the ICJ in its Judgment Germany v.
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What’s New in Comparative Public Law
–Angélique Devaux, French Qualified Attorney (Notaire Diplômée), LL.M American Law (IUPUI Robert H. McKinney School of Law) 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…
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Call for Papers–Deadline: January 20, 2015–Workshop on Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Milan
The University of Milan Department of National and Supranational Law in collaboration with The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law request submissions for Workshop on Comparative Constitutional Law University of Milan Milan, Italy Monday, May 4, 2015 10h00-16h00 The University of Milan’s Department of National and Supranational Public Law and the…
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The Electoral Threshold Case in Turkey
–Ali Acar, PhD Student, European University Institute According to recent statements made to a journalist by the President Hasim Kilic of the Turkish Constitutional Court,[1] the Court will soon deliver a decision on the 10% electoral threshold that exists for political parties to be represented in Parliament in a case brought before the Court by three…