What’s New in Public Law

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—Tina Nicole Nelly Youan, PhD Candidate at Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 Université

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In this weekly feature, I-CONnect publishes a curated reading list of developments in 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 public law blogosphere.

To submit relevant developments for our weekly feature on “What’s New in Public Law,” please email iconnecteditors@gmail.com.

Developments in Constitutional Courts

1. The Constitutional Court of South Africa stated the constitutionality of litigation concerning the succession of a traditional chief falls within the purview of the Constitutional Court.
2. On June 27, 2024, Korean constitutional Court stated that publishing false information about a person who intends to be a candidate does not violate the Constitution.

In the News

1. A Cambodian court has found opposition politician, Teav Vannol, guilty of defamation and fined him 1.5 million dollars in damages for comments he made to a foreign media outlet about the state of the country’s democracy.
2. In response to criticism from opposition parties regarding the organization of the next presidential election, scheduled for July 28, 2024, Attorney General Tareek Saab asserted that the Venezuelan government did not prosecute individuals based on their political opinions and did not hold political prisoners. Nevertheless, the endorsement of Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition coalition’s candidate, has been accompanied by the detention of individuals purported to have ties with the opposition, allegations of conspiracy, and admonitions regarding the potential for electoral fraud.
3. In an effort to resolve the ongoing protests that have been disrupting his country for nearly a month, the Kenyan President, Ruto, has appointed four members of the opposition to his government.
4. In a recent ruling, Ghana’s Supreme Court upheld the country’s 1960 law criminalizing homosexuality. However, the Court has yet to determine whether to impose more severe penalties for violations of this law.

New Scholarship

1. Alexandra Flynn, Richard Albert and Nathalie des Rosiers (eds), Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power they Need, McGill-Queen’s University Press (2024)
2. Nicolas Brianza, Le Refus de concours en droit constitutionnel, (2024) (This thesis addresses the issue of separation of powers. It focuses on instances where the actions of one branch of government impede the actions of another, despite the necessity for such collaboration for the establishment of a legal act or the appointment of an individual.)
3. Emilia Gulisnka, Constitutional freedom of assembly as a component of deliberative democracy, Biuletyn Stowarzyszenia Absolwentów i Przyjaciół Wydziału Prawa Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Online First, (2024).
4. Astha Srivastava, Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights: Implications of Kaushal Kishore Judgment., IUP Law Review (2024). 
5. Saeed Heidari Turkmani, Mohamed Javad Rezaei Zadeh, Analyzing the state of emergency from the perspective of public law: From recognizing constitutional law components to the principles of administrative law governing it, Journal of Legal Research ( 2024)

Calls for Papers and Announcements

1.  The Journal of Constitutional law and jurisprudence, a peer reviewed journal with bi-annual publication, invites submissions of an unpublished original research article, review articles or case law, project reports, the synopsis for publication. Manuscripts are invited from academicians, students research scholars, industrialists, independents professionals and faculties for publication consideration here.
2. GlobCon, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that seeks to develop interdisciplinary discourses about constitutionalism, invites submissions from scholars of International Law, Political Science, International Relations, Comparatives Constitutional Law, Comparative Politics, Political Theory and Philosophy. Submissions have to be related to constitutionalism, human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
3. The 16^th Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism works-in-progress Conference welcomes submissions. The deadline for submission is August 31, 2024.
4. The call of papers of the international Symposium on “The Vice President of the United States: From the Shadow to light — Multidisciplinary analyses and perspectives on an unknown position” will close on September 2, 2024. Submission of a 300-to-500-word proposal should be sent to the three conference organizers mentioned in the call of papers.
5. The NLIU Law Review is now accepting submissions of manuscripts for publication in Volume XIV Issue I of the Journal. The NLIU Law Review does not restrict itself to any particular area of law and welcomes contributions from all branches of law, as long as the work is relevant, up to date and original. Submissions are due before 23:59 hours on august 07 2024.

Elsewhere Online

1. Adam Ploszka, Poverty as a Crime: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson and Dian v. Denmark, VerfBlog, (July 2024)
2. Mariana Velasco Rivera, A democratic Mandate to Overhaul Mexico’s judiciary?, Verfblog, (July 2024)