Comparative constitutional law… Constitutional Legacies and Emancipation in a Comparative Perspective, 27 June 2023 24 May 202327 Jul 2023 You are invited to join the British Association of Comparative Law annual seminar when our three speakers will discuss aspects of the constitutional legacies and legal emancipation in the Commonwealth…
Human rights & comparisons Contesting (Supportive and Critical) Human Rights Orthodoxies – The Significance of Regional Human Rights Systems (CUP 2022), by Christopher Roberts 17 Mar 202315 Mar 2023 Alternative Approaches to Human Rights: The Disparate Historical Paths of the European, Inter-American and African Regional Human Rights Systems conducts a comparative historical investigation of the development of the…
Comparative constitutional law Comparative Constitutional History: Uses of History in Constitutional Adjudication, by Francesco Biagi, Justin O. Frosini and Jason Mazzone 21 Feb 202317 Feb 2023 The spread of constitutional government around the world has generated enormous interest in the comparative aspects of constitutional law. The scholarly literature in comparative constitutional law is large and growing.…
Human rights & comparisons The Fate of Truth Commission Recommendations, by E skaar, E Wiebelhaus-Brahm and J Garcia-Godos 17 Feb 2023 Our Puzzle What becomes of the recommendations issued by truth commissions in their final reports? For all of the attention lavished on truth commissions by academics, activists, and policymakers, their…
Comparative constitutional law Comparative Election Law, by James A. Gardner 2 Dec 20222 Dec 2022 A society’s commitment to democracy does not implement itself. Such a commitment must be brought to life by the establishment through law of the rules and institutions by which that…
Comparative constitutional law The Language of Constitutional Comparison by Francois Venter (Edward Elgar, 2022) 18 Nov 202213 Jan 2023 1 Constitutional polysemy How constitutional lawyers communicate in the 21st Century has become a matter of concern, because their established lexicon is imbued with implications, suppositions, historical baggage, epistemic premises…
Comparative constitutional law Comparative Constitutional Studies – A new international journal 4 Oct 20222 Oct 2022 The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne Law School is proud to announce the launch of Comparative Constitutional Studies (‘CCS’), a new peer reviewed international journal of comparative constitutional…
Comparative constitutional law Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment: Learning from Chile and International Experiences (Hart 2022), edited by Koldo Casla, Magdalena Sepúlveda, Vicente Silva and Valentina Contreras 22 Jul 202220 Jul 2022 In the 1990s, Bruce Ackerman defined ‘constitutional moments’ as historic milestones of intense deliberation and change in a country’s politics, change that reflects in the country’s constitutional settlement. Since October 2019, Chile…
Comparative administrative law… Outsourcing Rulemaking Powers, by C Jenart 1 Jul 20221 Jul 2022 Introduction Imagine a statute that confers powers on an independent regulator to decide on technicalities related to electricity and gas. Imagine a statute or statutory instrument that incorporates articles of…
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