📣 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...

📣 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.

Find Your Way to Czechia: A Home for Education, Research & Openness 🌍🎓 @charlesuni.cuni.cz m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVI...

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...

The Czech Constitutional Court is now on Bluesky! Welcome aboard, @usoud-official.bsky.social 🇨🇿 ⚖️

📢 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...

📢 We are leaving X Freedom of speech, critical thinking, and open discussion are core values of the university community. In recent months, these principles have become less and less compatible with the algorithms and policies of X.

🚨 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

📢 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: [email protected]

📢 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: [email protected]

🎉 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...

📢📢 Call for Submissions! 🚨🚨 We're excited to introduce the Prague Constitutional Seminar Series! 🎓 Would you like to present a paper on Constitutional Studies, Theory, Comparative Public Law, or Human Rights Law? Submit by Oct 31, 2024 to [email protected].

Did you know Hans Kelsen was born in Prague? After leaving Nazi Germany, he was offered a professorship in Prague, backed by President Masaryk. In 1935, Kelsen was appointed a professor at our German-speaking sister Law Faculty. He left soon after the Munich Agreement in 1938.💡

Did you know that Franz Kafka graduated with a law degree in Prague, passing compulsory exams in constitutional law? He studied at the German-speaking sister of our Law Faculty, which operated separately from 1882 to 1945. Franz Kafka Square is just a 5-minute walk from us! 🐞

📢 How do constitutional change & culture wars shape political conflict today? Join our colleagues from the Faculty of Arts for a multidisciplinary conference. 🗓 27 Sept 2024, 9:45–15:00 📍 Prague 🔗 www.ff.cuni.cz/event/confli...

📢 Do we want the rule of law? Why (not)? Join our international workshop on the public demand for the rule of law in Central Europe! 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰 🗓 11 Oct 2024, 9:00-12:30 📍 Prague & online (MS Teams) 🔗 For more details & full program: prf.cuni.cz/node/11588 📧 To register: [email protected]

Are you following recent decisions of the Brazilian Supreme Court concerning X/Twitter? In June, we were fortunate to welcome Daniel Bogea (Sydney/São Paulo), who spoke about the judges and powers of that Court. His related paper was commented on by Prof Zdenek Kuhn, a Czech Constitutional Justice.

UPCOMING POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY Are you a scholar in Comparative Constitutional Law, Human Rights, or Constitutional Theory? 📅 In March 2025, Charles University in Prague will open the call for the Charleston Postdoctoral Program! 📧 Interested? Reach out to [email protected] for more details.

Hello Bluesky! We’re excited to join this platform. Follow us here for updates from the Constitutional Law Department at Charles University of Prague, and you can still find us on Twitter as well: twitter.com/cuniconstlaw. Stay tuned!