Amal Sethi
@amalsethi.bsky.social
Working on courts, constitutions and everything in between at the Univ of Leicester | Deputy Sec Gen: International Society of Public Law (ICON•S) | Previously Hamburg, Harvard, UPenn, GLC.
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Amal Sethi
@amalsethi.bsky.social
· Mar 27
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
Open Access Link: tinyurl.com/courtappointments
@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.
The symposium examines how law frames, enables, and constrains political opposition across different constitutional settings.
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@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.
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
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
May 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
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
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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...
Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI
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 ...
www.linkedin.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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...
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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...
Don't miss it: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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...
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
Open Access Link: tinyurl.com/courtappointments
March 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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
Open Access Link: tinyurl.com/courtappointments
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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...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/military-p...
February 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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...
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....
@ssrn.bsky.social link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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....
@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...
Open Access Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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...
Open Access Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🏗️ 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
🧵Share your research topic in this thread & find collaborators!
#iconsbrasilia
January 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🏗️ 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
🧵Share your research topic in this thread & find collaborators!
#iconsbrasilia
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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.
📢📝 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...
📥 Submit your application by January 31.
Details: icon-society.org/wintersummer...
January 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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.
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🚨 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
Learn more and submit here: icon-society.org/icon-s-annua...
#iconsbrasilia
January 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🚨 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
Learn more and submit here: icon-society.org/icon-s-annua...
#iconsbrasilia
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📢📝 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...
📥 Submit your application by January 31.
Details: icon-society.org/wintersummer...
January 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
📢📝 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...
📥 Submit your application by January 31.
Details: icon-society.org/wintersummer...
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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!🍀🐨🦘💡🖌️
📢📝 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...
📥 Submit your application by January 31.
Details: icon-society.org/wintersummer...
January 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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.
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.
January 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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
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
November 29, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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
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
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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...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Stopping Authoritarian Populist Projects: Why Constitutionalism Is Not the Sole Answer
Legal scholars have been attempting to discern methods to safeguard democracy in the face of authoritarian populist projects. Much of the relevant discourse has centered on constitutionalism-based mec...
link.springer.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Stopping Authoritarian Populist Projects: Why Constitutionalism Is Not the Sole Answer
Legal scholars have been attempting to discern methods to safeguard democracy in the face of authoritarian populist projects. Much of the relevant discourse has centered on constitutionalism-based mec...
link.springer.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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...
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.
November 24, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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.
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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...
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Law and Democracy Network: Ideology and Hegemony
Constitutional discussions are primarily centred around laws, rules and principles, while the
www.law.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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...
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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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
November 17, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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
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I'm no boxing expert, but that was the most boring sporting event that I've seen in decades.
November 16, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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. 😬
November 15, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Don't have anything worthwhile to post but here and reading my timeline. 😬
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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...
February 16, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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...
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📢📝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...
from 🗓️16-24 May 2024.
📥Submit your application before February 15.
For more information, visit: icon-society.org/wintersummer...
January 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM
📢📝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...
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
Perhaps in light of the recent Israel Supreme Court decision, might be of interest to some of you.
SSRN Link: tinyurl.com/mryp2wk7
January 3, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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
Perhaps in light of the recent Israel Supreme Court decision, might be of interest to some of you.
SSRN Link: tinyurl.com/mryp2wk7