@danschindler.bsky.social, Michael Riegner, and I have co-edited a special issue for World Comparative Law / VRÜ on the theme of Public Law and Political Oppositions. The symposium examines how law frames, enables, and constrains political opposition across different constitutional settings.

Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference might be worth looking at. The deadline for the CFP is 4th June 2025. Don't hesitate to contact @profziegler.bsky.social, @edbatesechr.bsky.social, or me for details

Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...

Glad to have on our journal this great article by @amalsethi.bsky.social on constitutional court appointments in Europe. The piece makes a case for more politics in appointment procedures and develops a template for European constitutional systems. Don't miss it: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My latest piece in the European Constitutional Law Review (@euconst.bsky.social) which makes a case for politicising appointments to constitutional courts in times when less politics in everything seems to be the norm. Open Access Link: tinyurl.com/courtappointments

The Musk emails asking federal employees to explain their tasks are have already been sent. One described it to me as "a trap." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/military-p...

A forthcoming paper of mine in @euconst.bsky.social that makes a rather radical case for politicising appointments to Constitutional Courts in Europe in times when less politics and more technocracy seems to be the norm. @ssrn.bsky.social link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My latest piece in Global Constitutionalism. While it contributes to a somewhat niche debate, it might interest you if you are keen on the debates on the Basic Structure Doctrine or the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments Doctrine. Open Access Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏗️ Planning to attend the 2025 ICON•S Conference in Brasília but need a team for a fully-formed panel? 🧵Share your research topic in this thread & find collaborators! #iconsbrasilia

The @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social is thrilled to once again support the @icon-s.bsky.social winter/summer school for emerging scholars. Please consider applying to participate.

🚨 DEADLINE EXTENSION: The NEW deadline for the 2025 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Abstracts is now January 31st! Learn more and submit here: icon-society.org/icon-s-annua... #iconsbrasilia

📢📝 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...

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!🍀🐨🦘💡🖌️

Given the icons extension for deadlines for submissions to the conference, the deadline for submission to the interest group has also been extended to 31st Jan.

Two new works on Afghanistan — a jurisdiction I have become really interested in over the last couple of years: The first is a chapter I wrote on Prospects For The Rule of Law under The Taliban for Judge Marek Safjan's edited volume on the Rule of Law. SSRN Link: tinyurl.com/3zwpname

Nice to see this. As a political scientist who studies constitutional law, my *perception* is that legal scholars *tend* to view law as the be-all, end-all. As I often say to my law friends, they're like hammers, and everything looks like a nail.

Wrote this chapter a while back and my views have moderately evolved since then but in the below piece I argue why constitutional scholars need to look at times beyond constitutional law as a solution to populist authoritarian projects. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

The @icon-s.bsky.social Constitution Making Interest Group invites you to submit paper proposals or volunteer as discussants for panels on constitution-making at the ICON-S Annual Conference 2025 in Brasilla. Full details are in the poster below.

Prof. Nick Barber and Prof. Rochana Bajpai speak on Ideology and Hegemony in Constitutional Imagination at this Law and Democracy Network event on 20 November at 12:30 pm GMT. Please join us in person or sign up for the Zoom link. www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

having fun as I said but I'll be honest the idea of building everything back up is overwhelming - I followed thousands of accounts across an absolutely insane array of subjects on twt

I'm no boxing expert, but that was the most boring sporting event that I've seen in decades.

Don't have anything worthwhile to post but here and reading my timeline. 😬

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...

📢📝The application for the 2024 ICON•S Winter/Summer School is now open! It will be hosted in Sydney from 🗓️16-24 May 2024. 📥Submit your application before February 15. For more information, visit: icon-society.org/wintersummer...

My rants on 'When Should Courts Invalidate Constitutional Amendments' forthcoming in the Vienna Journal of International Constitutional Law. Perhaps in light of the recent Israel Supreme Court decision, might be of interest to some of you. SSRN Link: tinyurl.com/mryp2wk7

Are you a First Generation Academic? Join the next ICON•S event with Aua Baldé, Tarun Khaitan & @silviasteininger.bsky.social for a conversation on how to navigate the waters of legal academia 🗓️13 Dec.|🕗11:00 CET |💻Online Register here➡️ icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The @icon-s.bsky.social Constitution Making Interest Group invites you to submit paper proposals or volunteer as discussants for panels on constitution-making at the ICON-S Annual Conference 2024 in Madrid. Full details are in the poster below.

Join us for this event on the 13th.

Come work with me at the VUW Faculty of Law! Hiring from entry level up to A-Prof, focus on private law but there WILL be more hiring over the course of next year focusing other fields so if you're interested do put your hat in the ring. Happy to chat about the role. Applications close 24 Jan.

+1 for The San Antonio Express News lmao

Populist politicians are successful because voters agree with their policy positions, not because of their populist rhetoric, even when voters hold populist attitudes, finds Dai & Kustov. doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Also @icon-s.bsky.social is now on blue-sky. Do give us a follow to stay up to date about the annual conference and other ICONS events.

📢Did you hear? The 2024 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Papers is out! Looking forward to seeing you in #Madrid🇪🇸at IE Law School on July 8-10 to discuss "The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence" ➡ www.icon-society.org/icon-s-annua...

Constitution Unit’s big report on democracy in the UK after Brexit out now. V striking on judges: “The evidence suggests that public unease about the political system would only be deepened if the existing role of the UK courts were not maintained.” www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...

NYTimes Contributor: The Sam Altman Fracas Means Something That Was Definitely Going to Happen Is Going to Happen

Lea Ypi (one of our best political philosophers) with a very personal take on the politics of migration and exclusion

On 21st Nov at 3 pm CET, The International Society of Public Law is hosting a zoom panel targeted particularly at junior and early career scholars on "how to convene a successful panel at the ICON•S Annual Conference." Register for the event here : icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

JOB: 5 year full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Qualitative Policy Research. Based at the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at University of Sydney. The research focuses on psychosocial disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

On 21st Nov at 3 pm CET, The International Society of Public Law is hosting a zoom panel targeted particularly at junior and early career scholars on "how to convene a successful panel at the ICON•S Annual Conference." Register for the event here : icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

That's right! Jen and I edited a book (coming Jan 2024, Oxford): Doing Good Qualitative Research. It's an accessible volume with 40 chapters, taking the reader from choosing a research question to publishing. It's the book we wish we had as grad students. polisky global.oup.com/academic/pro...

As soon as I heard about musk's new Grok chatbot "having a sense of humor" I knew it was going to be annoying but I wasn't prepared for this level of thermonuclear cringe

OK, first post on Bluesky, let's make it about a new book: The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts is now published bit.ly/45VjydZ. 26 chapters on the law, politics and history of foreign judging across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Middle East & Pacific

Newest podcast on "After Authoritarianism," "Skeletons in the Closet "and Global Transitional Justice. Listen to this and other #RootofConflict episodes: open.spotify.com/episode/1r9d...

🗃️The JWH has been migrating from that other site to this one. Could you please give us a boost here (and there) to move our followers to this more pleasant place? Thank you!