It is faculty hiring season here in the United States. Many law schools are hiring in constitutional law. (Here is the list so far: American, Arkansas-Fayetteville, Baylor, Brooklyn, Cardozo, Charleston, Creighton, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Indiana-Indianapolis, LSU, Maryland, Montana, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Richmond, SMU, South Carolina, St. John's, Suffolk, Temple, Tulane, UIC, Villanova, Western State.) And three law schools are hiring specifically in comparative law, including comparative constitutional law. (Here is the list so far: Indiana-Bloomington, Kansas, Tulane.) More details are available here. Best wishes of luck and success to all applicants!
When should a court decide not to decide? This is the question at the heart of Judicial Avoidance, a new book by Carolina Alves das Chagas published in Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory, a series co-edited by Charles Barzun, Maartje De Visser, and Matthias Klatt.
Trinidad and Tobago celebrates two anniversaries in August: (1) declaring independence from the United Kingdom (August 31, 1962); and (2) becoming a republic (August 1, 1976). When Trinidad and Tobago removed the Queen as its Head of State forty-seven years ago, the headline in the Sunday Express exclaimed: “Goodbye Queen, Hello Republic.”
A Visit from Mom
A popular tourist destination here in Austin is the mural that reads “I love you so much.” I took my mom when she visited this summer.
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