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Comparative & intl. law with a focus on the Global South - since 1968 | Double-blind peer-reviewed | SCOPUS listed | No submission charges
New: Guest editor @anmoljain-law.bsky.social revisits Theunis Roux’s argument from WCL 1/24:

In order to counter anti-democratic and populist forces, do the conflict lines of competing constitutional grand narratives need to be redrawn?

🔓 www.inlibra.com/de/document/...

Special 🙏🏻 to IACL-AIDC!
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1 Special Issue – 2 Symposia:

How do constitutional courts across Asia with international law? feat. guest editors Ngoc Son Bui and Maartje de Visser.

How does religion shape the constitutional identity of a nation feat. debate on Mathew John's new book.

🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/en/document/...
October 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Special Issue out now: “When Law Meets Dissent” How do opposition forces operate within and against constitutional systems? How does public law influence their struggle for relevance? And how far disconnected are its legal ideals from political practice? d7fb2.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6...
August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Some impressions from our annual conference, for the second time in a row at @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Grateful for everyone who helped make this day of intense and inspiring discussions possible!
July 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How do legal practices designed to protect the environment end up violating the rights of Indigenous peoples?

In their study of 🇧🇷 national parks, Clara Adão and Raquel Coelho de Freitas reveal how 🇧🇷 environmental law promotes territorial exclusion:🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
May 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Could the Emir of 🇰🇼's decisions to dissolve parliament be subject to judicial review?

Islam Ibrahim Chiha and Abdelhafiz Elshemy of @qataruni trace how 🇰🇼 Constitutional Court's landmark decisions led to legislative confirmation of the court's powers:🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
May 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Are 🇮🇳 judges narrowing the concept of religion in church-state separation cases to privilege Hinduism?

Read Darshan Datar on the role of the judicial concept of religion in the rise of the Hindu majoritarian project in our current 📘: 🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
May 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
📘New #issue out now! Discover a broad range of articles, including an inspirational reflection by Dinesha Samararatne on personal experiences with challenges, opportunities, and hopes of CCL from & within the #GlobalSouth (keynote @WCL Annual Conference ‘24)🔓 d7fb2.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6...)
April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How to respond if right-wing actors instrumentalize the past? Jessica Holl & Jasmin Wachau ask to w. extent 🇧🇷 & 🇩🇪 juridified their past. Do certain ways of dealing w. the #memory of past injustices yield better results?🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
March 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How do courts respond to #disinformation in democratic #backsliding? In our recent issue Clara Iglesias Keller and Diego Werneck Arguelhes examine how 🇧🇷 courts navigate the tensions between their role in protecting democracy and their institutional limitations
🔓 www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📘New issue feat. Symposium "Varieties of Constitutionalism: Contestations of Liberalism in Comparative Constitutional Law."
Read Michael Riegner on why we must better understand challenges, engage with critique, & adapt to change for #constitutionalresilience: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
March 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM