Open access, multilingual journal on the theory and practice of constitutional government around the world | Published by @ccpconstitute and @iacl_aidc

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In his new CS article, Tokujin Matsudaira looks at postwar Japan’s #constitutional scholarship through cinema. The article is now available in #Japanese, #English, and #Chinese (simplified and traditional) at tinyurl.com/yv95d2c5.
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In the new CS article, Alexandra Oancea provides a mid-year summary of the process & content of constitutional reforms from #constitutionallaw experts throughout the world using @ConstitutionNet. Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/3wn8u7vu Sign up for CS: constitutionalstudies-ojs-ut…
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In this interview with Albie Sachs, Former Justice of the South Africa Constitutional Court, Mara Malagodi and Ashley Moran discuss development of this historic court in #SouthAfrica, the country’s democratic #transition, and #democracy in the country today.
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In his CS article, Peter Leyland examines why the 1832 Reform Act holds such a legendary place in #British constitutional #history, weaving together analysis of elections, politics, economics, public unrest, and art. Read the article at: tinyurl.com/yhh9b7pr.
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In her article, @rosalinddixon15 provides a new framework to inform and connect the growing body of research on #constitutional failure. Read in #English and #Spanish at tinyurl.com/yv8d36f9. Sign up to receive future CS issues at tinyurl.com/yc25rmt9!
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In his CS article, Renato Ibrido describes how the fields of #constitutional law and #geopolitics are deeply interconnected, sharing #analytical tools on how each helps explain the other. Read more at: tinyurl.com/38aau82k. Sign up at tinyurl.com/yc25rmt9.
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In his CS article, Jon Fraenkel discusses #courts roles during constitutional #crises in three countries in the #Pacific. He finds #judges largely kept decisions #unpoliticized. Available in #English and #French at: tinyurl.com/yubtkyrv. Sign up at tinyurl.com/yc25rmt9.
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In her new CS article, Verónica Undurraga examines the conditions that make constitutional processes in #Chile  possible—or impossible. Available in #Spanish and #English at tinyurl.com/4aj243wr. Sign up for future CS issues at tinyurl.com/yc25rmt9.
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Our associate director, Ashley Moran, has a new article with @RestlessMafalda in @ConstlStudies, interviewing former South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs on the 30th anniversary of the new constitution in #SouthAfrica. Open-access 🔗: tinyurl.com/27xepprd
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In his new CS article, Mario Gomez assesses how courts in #Asia consider the implications their rulings could have for #SocialCohesion in diverse societies. Available in #English and #French at tinyurl.com/4aj243wr. Sign up for future issues at tinyurl.com/yc25rmt9.
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#NewZealand Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann cited Elisa Arcioni and Kirsty Gover's CS article on #indigenous-settler legal pluralism in a lecture on uncodified constitutions. Read her analysis at tinyurl.com/34enxfjc. Read the original CS article at tinyurl.com/3uduhja7!
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Our new issue cover is graced with a linocut entitled "Making Democracy Work" by Sandile Goje, housed in the Constitutional Court Art Collection in #SouthAfrica. It was created shortly after the founding of the Constitutional Court & democratic elections formally ended apartheid.
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The #ConstitutionalCourt notes "Inspired by the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996 and the Constitutional Court’s logo unveiled in 1995, the artist depicts televised, court-like proceedings, suggesting that democracy is dependent on public participation."
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Our editors organized a host of events at @ICON__S in #Dublin two weeks ago. Co-editors in chief @RestlessMafalda and Ashley Moran, book review editor @BerihunGebeye, and associate editor @AmbrosiMathilde shared @ConstlStudies' work and their own research across several panels.
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Thanks to @amalsethi and @ICON__S for inviting CS to join a fascinating panel with other editors from @CompConStudies, Eur. Constitutional Law Review, Eur. Convention on Human Rights Law Review, @Ger_Law_Journal & International Journal of Constitutional Law on journal publishing!
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🗺️ Constitutions are constantly evolving, but which reforms have stood out so far this year? In her latest analysis for Constitutional Studies, our Editor explores the constitutional reforms, amendments and debates that have shaped the first half of the year, highlighting key developments across Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Read more: buff.ly/2xy4AlC
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The @ConstlStudies journal, supported by the IACL-AIDC and @ccpconstitute awarded the new Ran Hirschl Prize for Best Article to @gautambhatia88 for ‘Economic Inequality and the Separation of the Economic and the Political in Modern Constitutionalism’: constitutionalstudies-ojs-ut…
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What a fantastic week at the @iacl_aidc World Congress in #Bogotá! Two #workshops, one new #issue, one new #prize, and a host of CS editors on hand! Read more at tinyurl.com/y8w58eyu!
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