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ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts
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🚨Post-doc opportunity at @unioslo-jus.bsky.social 🚨 ⚖️ Study how the rule of law is perceived, observed and applied in Norway! ⚖️3 years without teaching or 4 years with 25% teaching ⚖️ Socio-legal research and qualitative methods www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Application deadline: 27th April 2026
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for the project "PublicJustice" (295684) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for the project "PublicJustice" (295684), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, April 27, 2026
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🚨Publication alert🚨 New paper by @jonkskiple.bsky.social & @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy: "Bringing Rights Back Home? How Judges Handle Multilayered Constitutional and International Human Rights Laws on the Supreme Court of Norway" publicera.kb.se/ejels/articl.... Read it; share it; cite it!
Bringing Rights Back Home? How Judges Handle Multilayered Constitutional and International Human Rights Laws on the Supreme Court of Norway | European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
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📢 New book chapter 👤 Øyvind Stiansen (ISV) @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social 🔎 The Courts 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
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AbstractCourts frequently decide politically important cases in Norway. Yet, despite voicing concerns about the consequences of judicialization for represe
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Our article “Informal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making: A Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal” (with Prof. Piotr Tuleja) is now online first in @euconst.bsky.social It's great to have yearly feedback on informal institutions by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S157...
Check out our new article ‼️ on #courts #socialparticioacion #publichearings #amicuscuriae It’s #openaccess @giga-hamburg.de
Cordula Tibi Weber@tibi-weber.bsky.social · 9mo agoSo happy to see our article on "Courts and Social Participation in Latin America: The Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae" published! Many thanks to @millanos.bsky.social and Pedro Martins da Costa for the great collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Under what conditions do courts implement mechanisms of social participation in judicial decision-making? Read this newly published article by @tibi-weber.bsky.social, @millanos.bsky.social, and Pedro Martins da Costa to find out!
Cordula Tibi Weber@tibi-weber.bsky.social · 9mo agoSo happy to see our article on "Courts and Social Participation in Latin America: The Use of Public Hearings and Amici Curiae" published! Many thanks to @millanos.bsky.social and Pedro Martins da Costa for the great collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We are very excited about our #ecprgc26 Section on "Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation" chaired by @thaliagerzso.bsky.social and @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... and hope to see you all in Kraków (8-11 September 2026)!
Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation
European Consortium for Political Research
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Be part of my panel on "Courts and their allies" at #ecprgc26! It is part of the section on "Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation", endoserd by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social. Please don´t hesitate to contact me in case of any questions! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation
European Consortium for Political Research
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So delighted to see this out 🤩🤩
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 9mo agoNEW - Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT - @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social #OpenAccess
Congratulations to Andreas Asplén Lundstedt who has been awarded our Best Conference Paper Award for an Early-Career Researcher for the #ecprgc25 conference!
🚨🚨🚨@thaliagerzso.bsky.social and @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy are organizing our Standing Group's section proposal for #ecprgc26! Send them your panel abstract by the end of this week to be included in the section proposal!🚨🚨🚨
Thalia Gerzso@thaliagerzso.bsky.social · 10mo ago🚨🚨 Final call! Propose a panel for the Law & Courts section at ECPR 2026 (Kraków 🇵🇱, 8–11 Sept). Submit by 31 Oct: 👉 Short title 👉 ≤80-word abstract 👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails 📧 Send your proposal to: thalia.gerzso@york.ac.uk & j.k.schaffer@gu.se @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
🚨🚨 Final call! Propose a panel for the Law & Courts section at ECPR 2026 (Kraków 🇵🇱, 8–11 Sept). Submit by 31 Oct: 👉 Short title 👉 ≤80-word abstract 👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails 📧 Send your proposal to: thalia.gerzso@york.ac.uk & j.k.schaffer@gu.se @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
📢We joined the ECPR General Conference 2025 in Thessaloniki! David Kosař, Attila Vincze, @hamriklukas.bsky.social & Ondřej Kadlec presented papers on topics from judicial overstay, court governance digital transformation to (in)formal judicial institutions. Thank you @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
The amazing Law and Courts audience stayed engaged and showed up with lots of questions also for the very last panel. Thanks to everyone for a great #ecprgc25 and we hope to see you all for #ecprgc26!
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo ago@silje-hermansen.bsky.social presented work with @louisabo.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the conditions under which the European Court of Justice will accept novel legal arguments advanced by private parties #ecprgc25
@silje-hermansen.bsky.social presented work with @louisabo.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the conditions under which the European Court of Justice will accept novel legal arguments advanced by private parties #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoHow would the public prefer a constitutional court to be designed? @tswalve.bsky.social has novel evidence from a conjoint experiment in the 🇳🇱 #ecprgc25
How would the public prefer a constitutional court to be designed? @tswalve.bsky.social has novel evidence from a conjoint experiment in the 🇳🇱 #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · last yr.Finally, at 15:45 on Friday 29 August, we have the panel “Novel Issues and Approaches in Judicial Politics” chaired by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social with presentations by @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, Nora Stappert, and @tswalve.bsky.social ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
The ECPR Standing Group on the Politics of Law & Courts Bluesky account is now bridged to the Fediverse. Follow it for updates and browse posts on talks at the just concluded ECPR-GC in Thessaloniki: @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social #ecprgc25 #ecprgc2025 #ecpr2025 #ecpr
@karinleijon.bsky.social presented novel data on 🇸🇪 municipalities' compliance with lower court judgments #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoSharngan Aravindakshan presented work on how courts in 🇿🇦 have managed the compliance process in cases concerning the right to education #ecprgc25
Sharngan Aravindakshan presented work on how courts in 🇿🇦 have managed the compliance process in cases concerning the right to education #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoDewy Pistora discussed whether the remedial tools of 🇳🇱 courts are sufficient for achieving compliance in public interest litigation cases and what they may learn from 🇺🇸 courts.
Dewy Pistora discussed whether the remedial tools of 🇳🇱 courts are sufficient for achieving compliance in public interest litigation cases and what they may learn from 🇺🇸 courts.
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoOlof Larsson argued that scholarship on compliance with 🇪🇺 law needs to be more attentive to differences between negative and positive integration cases #ecprgc25
Olof Larsson argued that scholarship on compliance with 🇪🇺 law needs to be more attentive to differences between negative and positive integration cases #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoWe had a great set of papers on public authorities' compliance with court rulings. @taraldberge.bsky.social presented work on whether states use compliance with ISDS awards to signal commitment to property rights #ecprgc25
We had a great set of papers on public authorities' compliance with court rulings. @taraldberge.bsky.social presented work on whether states use compliance with ISDS awards to signal commitment to property rights #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · last yr.On Friday 29/9 we startat 13:30 we have the panel “Public Authorities’ Compliance with Court Rulings” chaired by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social lwith presentations by @taraldberge.bsky.social, Olof Larsson, Sharngan Aravindakshan, Dewy Pistora, and @karinleijon.bsky.social: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Proud to see two members of our team contributing to the debate on how formal and informal judicial institutions interact! 👏 Attila Vincze and @hamriklukas.bsky.social brought important insights at the ECPR conference in Thessaloniki, Greece #ecprgc25.
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoHow do formal and informal judicial institutions interact? Attila Vincze and @hamriklukas.bsky.social explore this question! #ecprgc25
Last, but not least @davidkosar.bsky.social chaired the panel 'Fixing the Bench' and presented a paper 'Judicial Overstay' co-authored with Patrick Leisure.
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo ago@davidkosar.bsky.social considers both the 😇 and 😈 reasons for overstaying judicial terms #ecprgc25
Another great contribution from our team at #ecprgc25! 👏 Ondřej Kadlec presented his paper 'From Rule- To Data- And Code-Based Judicial Administration: The Digital Transformation of Court Governance in Europe', highlighting how digitalization is reshaping judicial governance. #LawAndCourts
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoOndřej Kadlec with a great #ecprgc25 paper on how digitalization influences judicial governance!
Our Standing Group has the best people both at day during panels and in the evening! Many thanks to @karinleijon.bsky.social for organizing this year's standing group dinner! #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · last yr.#ecprgc25 is just days away! We are looking forward to seeing you in Thessaloniki and to the excellent papers in the section “The Politics of Law and Courts” which this year is chaired by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social and Urszula Jaremba! Make sure to add these 12 excellent panels to your itinerary 👇
Having heard about this possible competition, @benjaminengst.bsky.social is bringing his discussant artwork to even greater heights 🎨
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoIs there a best art work by a discussant award at #ecprgc25? @benjaminengst.bsky.social wants to enter the competition.
Andreu Rodilla Lázaro shows that ideological polarization on the Spanish Constitutional Court has increased over time and that this has important consequences for the decision making of the Court! #ecprgc25
ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social · 12mo agoCan climate judgments sway the opinions of conservative voters? @benjaminengst.bsky.social and @nannaschonhage.bsky.social show that they can, using panel data from 🇬🇧 and 🇩🇪 #ecprgc25