📣 Next Tuesday at 16:00, we are delighted to welcome Nicholas Barber (@oxfordlawfac.bsky.social), who will deliver a lecture on “Constitutional Identity and the Right to Attachment”. This will be the inaugural lecture of our new annual series. More information: www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
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News from the Constitutional Law Department at Charles University of Prague, Faculty of Law @charlesuni.cuni.cz
📣 Tomorrow (15/12, 14:50 CET, Room 38) we’re hosting a seminar with @casssunstein.bsky.social (Harvard University) on his book Campus Free Speech: A Pocket Guide. Prof. Sunstein will join us from the U.S. via Zoom.
Our walking tour just wrapped up! 🇨🇿⚖️ We saw the seat of the first constitutional court with abstract review powers*, Kafka-related spots (he was a Prague law grad!), the Kelsen memorial, and some places linked to Czech constitutional history. Enjoy the rest of the Conference!
🇪🇺 The @elu-society.bsky.social Conference kicked off today at our Law Faculty! If you’re around, drop us a message to meet up. On Saturday at 8:00, join our Prague Walking Tour with Constitutional Lawyers—just show up, even if you’re not registered.
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We’re proud to share that two colleagues from our department have been appointed to the Management Board of the @fra.europa.eu (FRA) for 2025–2030. Prof. Helena Hofmannová will serve as Member, with Dr. Lukáš Lev Červinka appointed as her alternate Member. Congratulations! 🇪🇺🏛️
Thanks to the @icon-s.bsky.social team for a fantastic conference! 🇧🇷 Great to be part of the Czech delegation in Brasília — and to capture this 🇨🇿 group photo with our friends from JUSTIN (Brno). Until next time — with some of you at the @elu-society.bsky.social conference at @charlesuni.cuni.cz!
We’re thrilled to be at @icon-s.bsky.social Annual Conference in Brasília! 🇧🇷 Let us know if you’d like to meet up — here’s where to find us: 👇
Our members also engage with national constitutional doctrine! 📖 Check out the latest issue of Právník journal, featuring Jakub Dienstbier on the constitutional regulation of the state of war, and @vargor.bsky.social & Filip Horák on the legal framework governing electoral coalitions.
🎉 Congratulations to @davidlacko.bsky.social and our members Filip Horák & Jakub Dienstbier on their new paper in Regulation & Governance journal! Their experiment shows that legitimacy, not deterrence, drives compliance with mandatory vaccination. 📖 doi.org/10.1111/rego...
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 22 May, 16:30 CET, Law Faculty 👤 Luka Glušac (@lukaglusac.bsky.social), @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social 📜 Towards an Inductive Theory of the Fourth Branch of Power: A Road Map 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 15 April, 16:30 CET, Law Faculty 👤Ondřej Kadlec, Masaryk University 📜 Managing Judicial Legitimacy: The Role of Grand Chambers in National and International Courts 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 24 April, 16:00 CET, Law Faculty 👤 Donald L. Horowitz, @dukelaw.bsky.social 📜 Constitutional Processes, Polarization and Moderation 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 17 April, 16:30 CET, Law Faculty 👤 Fatih Öztürk, Istanbul University 📜 Ottoman Constitutional Developments and Their Impacts on Türkiye's Current Constitutional System 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 9 April, 17:00 CET, Law Faculty 👤 Barbara Havelková, @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social 📜 The Non-Constitutionalization and Avoidant Constitutionalization of Gender in Czechia and Slovakia 🔗 prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
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🚨 Job Opportunities 🚨 Join our Law Faculty at the Institute for the Interregional Study of Constitutionalism (IISC), funded by Tomáš Dumbrovský’s ERC grant! Three academic positions available—apply by May 12 ⏳ 🔽 Details below!
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Join the inaugural ELU-S (@elu-society.bsky.social) Conference at @charlesuni.cuni.cz in Prague (Sept 25-27, 2025)—modeled on @icon-s.bsky.social (founded by Bartl, Caruso & Weiler). 📣 Constitutional scholars welcome! 📅 Submit by April 15, 2025 🔗📄 europeanlawunbound.eu
We had the pleasure of hosting Yossi Nehushtan (@keeleuniversity.bsky.social) at yesterday’s seminar (with further conversation continuing in the nearby pub)—many thanks for the engaging discussion! Next up: Barbara Havelková (@oxfordlawfac.bsky.social) on April 9 at 16:30. Stay tuned! 🎓
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 20 March, 16:30 CET, Law Faculty 👤 Yossi Nehushtan, @keeleuniversity.bsky.social 📜 The Impossibility of Democracy and the Legitimacy of Judicial Review of Legislation: Non-Democratic Courts v Non-Democratic Legislatures 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag...
Tomorrow! Let's talk all things law!
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 6 March, 16:30 CET, Law Faculty 👤 S. R. Molina (@sebreyes.bsky.social), @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social 📜 A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag... 💻 Join via Teams (register here): forms.office.com/e/V96Assrfuu
📢 Prague Constitutional Seminar – 6 March, 16:30 CET, Law Faculty 👤 S. R. Molina (@sebreyes.bsky.social), @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social 📜 A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review 🔗 www.prf.cuni.cz/en/news/prag... 💻 Join via Teams (register here): forms.office.com/e/V96Assrfuu
📢 The Prague Constitutional Seminar Series has launched with an inaugural seminar by Jan Komárek from the University of Copenhagen (iCourts), who is currently a visiting professor at our Department. We are now pleased to share the lineup for the upcoming term—seminars take place at 16:30. ⬇️
Tomáš Dumbrovský, head of the Institute for Interregional Study of Constitutionalism at our Faculty, has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant! 🎉 Charles University of Prague secured 5 grants in total. Congratulations to all the recipients on this fantastic achievement! 👏✨
In his latest article, our member @ondrejpreuss.bsky.social examines the link between architecture and constitutional practice. 🏛️ Focusing on the Czech Parliament, he explores how its “hidden” location shapes decision-making and reflects its role in the constitutional system. t.co/ghveqEGT5K
📢 Interested in models of constitutional judiciary? Join us for our upcoming conference in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth. 📅 25-26 Nov 2024 📍 Prague, Law Faculty, Room 38 🔗 Program: bit.ly/models-of-constitutional-judiciary 📧 To register, email: grinc@prf.cuni.cz
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📢 Call for abstracts: 11th Michigan Law Junior Scholars Conference 🎓 📅 April 25-26, 2025 📬 Submit by Jan 5 Highly recommended! 👍 Last year, @jelinek.bsky.social presented on constitutional theory and received valuable feedback from @jdmortenson.bsky.social michigan.law.umich.edu/junior-schol...
📢 Interested in models of constitutional judiciary? Join us for our upcoming conference in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth. 📅 25-26 Nov 2024 📍 Prague, Law Faculty, Room 38 🔗 Program: bit.ly/models-of-constitutional-judiciary 📧 To register, email: grinc@prf.cuni.cz
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🎉 Congratulations to our member Jakub Dienstbier for receiving the National Security Council’s Award of Recognition for his doctoral dissertation in constitutional theory! His dissertation, A Theory of Emergency Governance (in Czech), is available here: publications.cuni.cz/handle/20.50...