Conferences are slowly returning to in-person format. Two noteworthy conferences have issued Calls for Papers that will soon close: (1) the International Society of Public Law's annual conference, to be held this year in Poland on July 4-6, 2022,closing March 15, 2022; and (2) a symposium on “International Law and Constitution-Making,” co-hosted by the Rutgers Center for Transnational Law (USA) and the Diego Portales Public Law Program (Chile), closing April 1, 2022. I recommend both of them!
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ProfessorAntonia Baraggiahas an opening in Milan for aone-year post-doctoral research fellowshipin connection with her innovative and timely project on “The Fourth Branch: The Transformation of the Separation of Powers in Comparative Perspective.” An opportunity to work with an outstanding scholar, a great teacher, and a wonderful person. Deadline is March 16, 2022. ***
Congratulations to Warren Newman on his recent election to the College of Fellows of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada. This special recognition is a testament to the major contributions Warren has made to our understanding of the Crown. Warren is the long-time Senior General Counsel in the Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section of the Department of Justice in Canada. He has been at the very center of the most important constitutional law cases in modern Canadian history, from the Manitoba Language Rights Reference to the Quebec Secession Reference to the Senate Reform Reference, and most everything in between. We are eagerly awaiting the publication of his forthcoming book on constitutional reform in federal institutions, sure to be landmark addition to the field.
*** In this edition of The Leaflet: a new paper, a new book, solidarity with Ukraine, an opportunity to support childhood education in Haiti, and more! Richard Albert
Supporting Childhood Education in Haiti
Each year since 2017, we have raised funds to support childhood education in Haiti. Our efforts have given kids and their families hope for a better tomorrow, both for themselves and their country. The children we sponsor are now learning to read, to count and to write, and they are delighting in the pleasures of paints, puzzles and instruments. Please consider joining us. Details here.
Solidarity with Ukraine
AStatement in Support of the People of Ukraine is now open for any member of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) to endorse in her/his/their personal capacity. I invite you to join me and the dozens of other signatories. Signatures may be added here. Thank you to Professor Phoebe Okowa for drafting the Statement and to Professor Ruth Rubio Marín for her counsel. Please note that ICON-S takes no institutional position.
Constitutional Amendment or Dismemberment in Cameroon?
I recommend this new paper byDr. Laura-Stella Enonchongpublished inGlobal Constitutionalism. Dr. Enonchong examines the abolition of the presidential term limit in the Cameroonian Constitution: is it a proper constitutional amendment or an improper constitutional dismemberment? Worth reading!
Advanced Research Seminar in Constitutional Change
A new coursewith instructional and experiential components. The first half will consist of lectures and discussion on all aspects of constitutional change. The second half will be an opportunity to workshop a selected number of manuscripts written by registrants on any subject in constitutional change.
Talks are intensifying in Quebec about codifying the province's constitution. This would be history-making moment in Canada, as no province has yet codified its constitution. As it happens, our new book on "A Written Constitution for Quebec?" is coming soon from McGill-Queen's University Press. Our new book about my home province was born at a conference we hosted at Yale Universitya few years ago when I served as the Canadian Bicentennial Visiting Professor. That year, I wrote an essay for my hometown newspaper urging Quebec to codify its Constitution. Here, below, is the cover for our forthcoming book.
The Eagle has Landed
Ran Hirschl is now officially a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. Ran is one of the leading of scholars--according to many the leading scholar--of comparative constitutional law in the world. I am proud to have been on the Committee that recruited Ran to Austin. Ran and I met about 14 years ago at Harvard Law School, when I was a graduate student and he was the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Visiting Professor of Law. Since then, he has published magisterial works in constitutional studies, cementing his status as an intellectual thought-leader in the field. More personally, Ran has been a great example and steady source of support for me and countless scholars all around the world. Here we are earlier this year in January, taking our first photo together at the University of Texas at Austin. (We have since taken another one standing in front of the 100,000+ seat football stadium on campus!)
The Top Ten
Here are the top ten most cited scholars in comparative constitutional law, according to Google Scholar as of March 14, 2022.
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