🏘️ What relevance does constitutional law have for urban housing disputes? Read our symposium “The City as a Contested Space: Constitutional Law Perspectives on Urban Housing Dispute” edited and introduced by Anna-Katharina König and @timolaven.bsky.social 🔓 www.inlibra.com/de/document/...
World Comparative Law | VRUe
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Comparative & intl. law with a focus on the Global South - since 1968 | Double-blind peer-reviewed | SCOPUS listed | No submission charges
📘 New issue out now! 🌍 Feat. a symposium exploring pathways towards a truly endogenous #African #Constitutionalism, rooted in African realities – ✒️ edited and introduced by Adem Abebe, Abdu Khadre Diop and @jsocher.bsky.social 🔓 Open Access www.inlibra.com/de/document/...
New: Guest editor @anmoljain-law.bsky.social revisits Theunis Roux’s argument from WCL 1/24: In order to counter anti-democratic and populist forces, do the conflict lines of competing constitutional grand narratives need to be redrawn? 🔓 www.inlibra.com/de/document/... Special 🙏🏻 to IACL-AIDC!
How do constitutions shape natural resource governance in post-conflict settings? 🌿Our paper explores why natural resource governance is often missing from political settlements and what can help increase levels of financial accountability: buff.ly/4Mqsh0U #PostConflict #Governance
Shaping the Post-Conflict Landscape? The Role of Constitutions in Natural Resource Governance
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1 Special Issue – 2 Symposia: How do constitutional courts across Asia with international law? feat. guest editors Ngoc Son Bui and Maartje de Visser. How does religion shape the constitutional identity of a nation feat. debate on Mathew John's new book. 🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/en/document/...
Behind Trump’s authoritarian takeover of Washington D.C.’s police lies a dangerous strategy: manufacturing emergencies. EMILY BERMAN, Professor of Law at the University of Houston, on Trump’s playbook for expanding authoritarian power — and what to expect next. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-manuf...
Special Issue out now: “When Law Meets Dissent” How do opposition forces operate within and against constitutional systems? How does public law influence their struggle for relevance? And how far disconnected are its legal ideals from political practice? d7fb2.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6...
✏️ Call for papers Interdisciplinary perspectives on empire, colonialism, and anticolonialism This call for papers is aimed at presenters from across the arts, humanities, and social sciences at any stage of their career Submit by 30 August 2025 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47272...
Some impressions from our annual conference, for the second time in a row at @humboldtuni.bsky.social Grateful for everyone who helped make this day of intense and inspiring discussions possible!
Poland 🇵🇱 is once again facing a pivotal election. Much is at stake, and political divisions run deep. MARIA SKÓRA (@mariaskora.bsky.social) outlines the key differences between the two presidential candidates and what a Trzaskowski or Nawrocki victory would mean. verfassungsblog.de/polands-pola...
How do legal practices designed to protect the environment end up violating the rights of Indigenous peoples? In their study of 🇧🇷 national parks, Clara Adão and Raquel Coelho de Freitas reveal how 🇧🇷 environmental law promotes territorial exclusion:🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
Could the Emir of 🇰🇼's decisions to dissolve parliament be subject to judicial review? Islam Ibrahim Chiha and Abdelhafiz Elshemy of @qataruni trace how 🇰🇼 Constitutional Court's landmark decisions led to legislative confirmation of the court's powers:🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
Are 🇮🇳 judges narrowing the concept of religion in church-state separation cases to privilege Hinduism? Read Darshan Datar on the role of the judicial concept of religion in the rise of the Hindu majoritarian project in our current 📘: 🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
📘New #issue out now! Discover a broad range of articles, including an inspirational reflection by Dinesha Samararatne on personal experiences with challenges, opportunities, and hopes of CCL from & within the #GlobalSouth (keynote @WCL Annual Conference ‘24)🔓 d7fb2.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6...)
How to respond if right-wing actors instrumentalize the past? Jessica Holl & Jasmin Wachau ask to w. extent 🇧🇷 & 🇩🇪 juridified their past. Do certain ways of dealing w. the #memory of past injustices yield better results?🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
How do courts respond to #disinformation in democratic #backsliding? In our recent issue Clara Iglesias Keller and Diego Werneck Arguelhes examine how 🇧🇷 courts navigate the tensions between their role in protecting democracy and their institutional limitations 🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
📘New issue feat. Symposium "Varieties of Constitutionalism: Contestations of Liberalism in Comparative Constitutional Law." Read Michael Riegner on why we must better understand challenges, engage with critique, & adapt to change for #constitutionalresilience: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...