We're thrilled to announce the relaunch of I•CONnect, the official blog of the International Society of Public Law! Discover a fresh new design & an expanded global team of scholars bringing you cutting-edge constitutional & public law insights. 🔗 www.iconnectblog.com

📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out! Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026! Read the 🧵for details ⬇️

📢 Open for Booking ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience 📍BIICL, London | 🗓 6–7 November 2025 buff.ly/hK00usl Marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights (#ECHR) and 35 years of the #VeniceCommission

In her new article for Constitutional Studies, Silvia Suteu analyzes varied constitutional diagnoses and solutions for #democraticbacksliding in #Europe, asserting the centrality of #gender. Read more at tinyurl.com/2sevjkmb. Read our full issue on the State of the Field at tinyurl.com/bdd99zh8!

England's 'devolution revolution': prospects and challenges We hosted a timely event yesterday (just before the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill was published) all about English devolution, with Bella Sankey, Roger Gough and @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social. Watch it 👇

England’s ‘devolution revolution’: prospects and challenges

The UK government has promised a ‘devolution revolution’ in England, with major changes to the structure of regional and local government, and has published ...

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Meg Russell is on the latest episode of Parliament Matters discussing the hereditary peers bill and our new opinion polling. She suggests that many MPs would actually support reducing the size of the House of Lords. Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/2f59c4. See our polling 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution....

Really looking forward to this 👇 #JurisprudenSky #ConstitutionalTheory #LegalPhilosophy

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📢 Only 2 weeks left to register for the RECONNET Conference 2025 (18-19 June)! Theme: Constitutionalism & Democracy: Tensions and Transformations Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King’s College London) Don’t miss out – secure your spot now! www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

My blog post was just published on the ECHR Blog! I analyse Pisanski v. Croatia and the protection of lawyers’ freedom of expression- and explore its broader implications for the execution of ECtHR judgments. Read the full post here⬇️ www.echrblog.com/2025/04/prot... #lawyersrights

Protecting the Voice of Lawyers in Courtrooms: Pisanski v. Croatia and its Aftermath

By Naz Yılancıoğlu (Maastricht University) On 4 June 2024, the Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rendered an important ...

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So far, so good! The Committee of Ministers‘s interim decision on the implementation of the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment is out. search.coe.int/cm?i=0900001...

What problems are there with the legislative process? Have they got worse? And what can be done to fix them? Join Meg Russell, David Natzler and @danielgover.bsky.social to discuss just this on 24 February. Sign up for this free, online event 👇

Improving parliamentary scrutiny of legislation

An expert panel discusses how to improve the UK parliament’s scrutiny of legislation.

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Join us next week in Maastricht or online.

Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence@um-foundations.bsky.social · 2y ago

12 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at @maastrichtu.bsky.social: Colloquium with Eva Bernet Kempers: (U of Antwerp). Title: Do rights of nature include animal rights? On-site and online. Register here: aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...

Thank you @euconst.bsky.social for hosting my piece on the Lin judgment! 🇪🇺 This case note is part of my broader research on time and law, and it address an interesting ECJ case that specifies the Taricco case-law. I hope You enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing and discussing it!

European Constitutional Law Review@euconst.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lex mitior and the rule of law in Romania: Franco Peirone (Maastricht University) discusses the Court of Justice's Lin judgment in this freshly published case note, forthcoming in our next issue. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Last year, I had the privilege of attending the @icon-s.bsky.social Winter/Summer School organised by Prof Rosalind Dixon. It’s not just about research but also an incredible way for junior scholars to gain insights into academia in a supportive environment. Highly recommend applying!🍀🐨🦘💡🖌️

ICON•S@icon-s.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢📝 Applications are now open for the 2025 ICON•S Winter/Summer School!📍 Hosted in Sydney at the G+TCentre from 🗓️ May 15–25, 2025. 📥 Submit your application by January 31. Details: icon-society.org/wintersummer...

Great to see this Special Issue of King’s Law Journal on The Collaborative Constitution with brilliant contributions by Profs @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social, Stephen Gardbaum, Gavin Phillipson, Grégoire Webber & Lord Sales, UKSC. What an honour. www.tandfonline.com/journals/rkl...

You can now follow the Hansard Society's starter pack below. The pack includes academics, researchers, and practitioners with insights about parliaments and legislatures and the issues we discuss each week on our Parliament Matters Podcast. go.bsky.app/TzkXFzP

By popular demand (additions very welcome!): go.bsky.app/QifxUJc

I really liked the idea of the starter pack! Is there one for constitutional law and theory here? If you know, please let me know! 🐢🖌️☀️

Want to know how to get published in an international journal or how peer-review works? The 3rd Edition of the ICON•S Online Writing School aims to answer these questions & more! Registration is now open: icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Gargarella on Kavanagh's 'The Collaborative Constitution' balkin.blogspot.com/2024/02/on-i...