Happy 2022! I have been spending this academic year in my hometown as the inaugural Allan Rock Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. The professorship is named for a great Canadian and devoted public servant who served as Minister of Health, Minister of Industry, Minister of Justice, and as Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations. He is now President Emeritus of the University of Ottawa. It has been a great joy to meet him, having watched him on TV as the government's point person on many important files. We have even collaborated on an opinion piece, published in November 2021.
*** The University of Ottawa is home to the very best public law faculty in Canada. It has been a treat to spend time with some of their great scholars, including Natasha Bakht, Yan Campagnolo, Paul Daly, Kyle Kirkup, Vanessa MacDonnell, Carissima Mathen, Peter Oliver, and Michael Pal. Special thanks to Adam Dodek for allowing me to use his cool office while he is on sabbatical. *** In this edition of The Leaflet, you will learn about our newest Class of Prizewinners, you will discover some of the best books of 2021, and you will meet some exciting early-career scholars in public law! ***
I hope we will see each other in person in 2022, perhaps in Poland in July at the Annual Conference of the International Society of Public Law, for which I serve as Co-President along with Marta Cartabia, currently Minister of Justice in the Government of Italy and formerly President of the Italian Constitutional Court. Or well before then, in Ottawa at Winterlude or in Austin at Franklin's!
Richard Albert
Class of 2022 Prizewinners
The International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism awards three annual prizes for excellence in constitutional studies and action. This year's laureates are outstanding leaders who have made lasting contributions to constitutionalism: Rosalind Dixon (Australia), Innovator in Constitutionalism; Christine Gakii Nkonge (Kenya), Defender of Constitutionalism; and Patricia Paradis, Architect in Constitutionalism. We will host an online awards ceremony to recognize these three truly special individuals.
As Director of Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, I am thrilled to announce our first class of Senior Research Fellows in Constitutional Studies: Cynthia Barrow-Giles (Barbados), Hoi Kong (Canada), Jaclyn Neo (Singapore), Francisca Pou Giménez (Mexico), and Julie Suk (USA). Each was selected for their impactful and innovative ideas and advocacy in constitutional studies. We look forward to hosting them on campus for scholarly discussions and collaborations just as soon as public health circumstances permit.
A First for Pakistan
Just last week, Ayesha Malik became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Educated in France, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, she had most recently been a judge on the Lahore High Court.
Spotlight on Early-Career Scholars: Part XXXV
Let me introduce you to five early-career scholars around the world. Please get to know them, read their drafts, and invite them to join your conferences.
Coming Soon!
We are now hard at work on the 2021 edition of The International Review of Constitutional Reform, an annual publication featuring country reports authored by judges and scholars on constitutional reform efforts around the world in the previous year. The book is co-edited with Luís Roberto Barroso, Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court, along with our outstanding colleagues Giulia Andrade, Bruno Cunha, Elisa Boaventura, Matheus Depieri, and Júlia Frade.
The mission of the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism is to marshal knowledge and experience to build a world of opportunity, liberty, and dignity for all.
