Tag: abusive constitutionalism
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Symposium on the Judicial Overhaul in Mexico Epilogue: Abusive Judicial Reform in Mexico
—Irene Parra Prieto, IACL-AIDC blog, Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales, & David Landau, Florida State University College of Law [Editors’ Note: This is the 9th entry, and the “Epilogue,” of a symposium on the recent constitutional amendments affecting the judiciary in Mexico.
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Symposium on the Judicial Overhaul in Mexico Part 2: The Transition to Another Type of Constitutionalism in Mexico
—Roberto Niembro Ortega, UNAM [Editors’ Note: This is Part 2 of a symposium on the recent constitutional amendments affecting the judiciary in Mexico. The introduction to the symposium can be found here. The symposium pieces are cross-posted at ICONnect (in English) and at IberICONnect (in Spanish).
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The Role of a Judge in an Electoral Autocracy
—Aparna Chandra, Associate Professor of Law and M. K. Nambyar Chair Professor on Constitutional Law, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. [Editor’s Note: This is one of our ICONnect columns. For more on our 2024 columnists, see here.] The Autocrats’ Playbook This is the year of elections.
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Democratic versus Abusive Feminism in India
—Rosalind Dixon, Scientia Professor of Law and Director of the Gilbert+Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Sydney, and Surbhi Karwa, PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney The Indian Parliament recently passed a constitutional amendment bill, the 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill (also called the Women’s Reservation Bill) reserving one-third of the seats in the House of People and…
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Abusive Feminism
—Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales Last month, the Hungarian Parliament elected the country’s first ever female president, Katalin Novák.[1] Novák is a former minister for family policy and close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. She is also young, telegenic, and happy to talk about her role as a wife and mother.
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The Contingent Role of the Basic Structure Doctrine for Constitutionalism in Africa
—Berihun Adugna Gebeye, Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg [Editors’ Note: This is one of our biweekly ICONnect columns. For more information on our four columnists for 2021, please see here.] Kenyan courts’ use of the basic structure doctrine to strike down President Uhuru Kenyatta’s the…
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Freedom at Stake in Brazil: An Illiberal Project Unfolds Under Bolsonaro’s Regime
Special Series: Perspectives from Undergraduate Law Students –Pedro Abrantes Martins, Bachelor’s degree candidate, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil; Research Fellow, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development; member of the research group “Abusive Constitutionalism and Democratic Erosion,” UFPR Freedom is at stake in Brazil.
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Introduction to I-CONnect Symposium: 30 Years of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution
[Editor’s Note: I-CONnect is pleased to feature a one-week symposium on the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian Constitution. We are grateful to our conveners, Professors Glauco Salomão Leite and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, for assembling an outstanding group of scholars to explore this pivotal and turbulent moment in Brazilian constitutionalism.]
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The Trouble with Constituent Power in Latin America: A Reply to Joshua Braver
—David Landau, Florida State University College of Law I would like to thank Joshua Braver for his post yesterday here at I-CONnect engaging my 2012 piece on constitution-making, and am gratified that the work is still relevant and useful for ongoing debates in Latin America and globally.