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Excavating Memory and Archiving Emotion in The Palimpsest Constitution
Excavating Memory and Archiving Emotion in The Palimpsest Constitution

Visakesa CHANDRASEKARAM

Visakesa Chandrasekaram discusses Melissa Crouch’s book ‘The Palimpsest Constitution’, highlighting the value of constitutional ethnography for understanding Myanmar’s ‘constitutional despotism’.

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Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring: Global Comparative Perspectives. Concluding Thoughts
Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring: Global Comparative Perspectives. Concluding Thoughts

Francesco BIAGI

Francesco Biagi concludes our symposium on Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring, reflecting on its contributions through three dimensions of constitution-building — drafting, content and enforcement — and drawing broader comparative lessons beyond the Arab region.

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The Arab Spring Boosts Constitutional Recognition of the Amazigh Language in Algeria
The Arab Spring Boosts Constitutional Recognition of the Amazigh Language in Algeria

Nawal LASLEDJ

Nawal Lasledj reflects on the the sociopolitical achievements for the Amazigh community and the Tamazight language in the wake of the Arab Spring and what challenges remain in Algeria.

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External support to constitution-building: Some reflections based on the engagement of German actors in Africa
External support to constitution-building: Some reflections based on the engagement of German actors in Africa

Johannes SOCHER

Johannes Socher examines external support to constitution-building in Africa, drawing on the engagement of German actors to consider different forms of constitutional assistance and the factors shaping their effectiveness.

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The Constitutional Trap and Military Dominance in Sudan's Transition
The Constitutional Trap and Military Dominance in Sudan's Transition

Sami Abdelhalim SAEED

Sami Abdelhalim Saeed continues our symposium on Francesco Biago’s book, Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring, with a case study of Sudan. Echoing Biagi, Saeed argues that the 2019 Constitutional Charter was undermined by the military from the outset.

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Making Crowds Searchable: Italy’s New Rules on Police Facial Recognition*
Making Crowds Searchable: Italy’s New Rules on Police Facial Recognition*

Arianna VEDASCHI & Chiara GRAZIANI

Arianna Vedaschi and Chiara Graziani consider the constitutional implications of and questions posed by Italy’s new rules on police facial recognition.

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Paper Dragons or Promised Rebellions? The Paradox of Arab Constitutionalism
Paper Dragons or Promised Rebellions? The Paradox of Arab Constitutionalism

Mohamed ARAFA

In this new symposium post, Mohamed Arafa applies Biagi’s framework to analyse Egypt’s constitutional evolution and offers normative recommendations for future Egyptian constitutional reform.

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Militant Democracy Revisited: How to Defend Gender Equality from Enemies Within*
Militant Democracy Revisited: How to Defend Gender Equality from Enemies Within*

Anna ŚLEDZIŃSKA-SIMON

Prof. Anna Śledzińska-Simon concludes the Safeguarding Democracy Now symposium, arguing for gender equality to be part of militant democracy.

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Constitutional Courts: Constraint or Legitimation? Lessons from the Arab Spring
Constitutional Courts: Constraint or Legitimation? Lessons from the Arab Spring

Tamara El KHOURY

Tamara El Khoury continues our symposium on Francesco Biagi’s recent book ‘Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring: A Comparative Perspective’ by asking when constitutional courts constrain political power, and when their creation instead legitimates the settlement they operate within.

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10 Years On: The Anti-Democratic Brexit
10 Years On: The Anti-Democratic Brexit

Yossi NEHUSHTAN & Beatriz Flügel ASSAD

Beatriz Flügel Assad and Yossi Nehushtan mark ten years since the British EU referendum, arguing that the will of the majority has democratic value only where voters are sufficiently autonomous, rational and well-informed — and that Brexit never met that test.

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Editorial - September 2026

The Co-Editors introduce the new symposia that will be hosted on the Blog in the remainder of 2026.

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Call for Applications to Host IACL-AIDC World Congress 2030

The IACL is now inviting universities and academic institutions, including national associations of Constitutional Law worldwide, to submit proposals to host the 2030 World Congress.

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Symposium: Spotlight on the Venice Commission

 

The Blog runs an ongoing series of posts discussing important opinions of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, as part of the long-standing cooperation between the IACL and the Venice Commission.

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New Symposium: Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring: Global Comparative Perspectives

The Blog hosted a symposium in September and October 2026 discussing Francesco Biagi’s book Constitution-Building After the Arab Spring (CUP 2025)

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New Symposium: Safeguarding Democracy Now

The Blog hosted a symposium in September 2026 titled ‘Safeguarding Democracy Now: New Varieties of Militant Democracy’

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New Symposium: The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar

The Blog’s latest symposium, launching in October 2026, discusses IACL-AIDC Book Prize Winner Melissa Crouch’s The Palimpsest Constitution: The Social Life of Constitutions in Myanmar (OUP 2025)

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Our Bookshelf: Author Interviews

Author Interviews
The Eurosceptic Mobilization of Constitutional Law
The Eurosceptic Mobilization of Constitutional Law

Pablo CASTILLO-ORTIZ and Giuseppe MARTINICO

Pablo Castillo-Ortiz and Giuseppe Martinico discuss their new book The Eurosceptic Mobilization of Constitutional Law(OUP 2026), which examines how Eurosceptic political actors mobilise national constitutional law against European integration.

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Comparative Constitutional Law: Fourth Edition
Comparative Constitutional Law: Fourth Edition

Vicki C JACKSON, Mark TUSHNET, Rosalind DIXON & Madhav KHOSLA

The authors of the fourth edition of the casebook Comparative Constitutional Law (OUP 2026) introduce the new edition, key changes and discuss its use.

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Judicial Bricolage The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century
Judicial Bricolage The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century

Tania GROPPI, Marie-Claire PONTHOREAU and Irene SPIGNO

In this new IACL Blog post, Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau and Irene Spigno discuss their recent volume, awarded the 2025 Book of the Year Prize by the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism.

The interview revisits a central question in comparative constitutional law: are foreign precedents part of a genuine transnational judicial dialogue, or are they more often used pragmatically, selectively and contextually by constitutional judges?

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Décentrer les Études Constitutionnelles Grâce aux Perspectives Postcoloniales
Décentrer les Études Constitutionnelles Grâce aux Perspectives Postcoloniales

Audrey Bachert-PERETTI, Marie GREN& Nicoletta PERLO

The IACL Blog publishes an original interview with Audrey Bachert-Peretti, Marie Gren, and Nicoletta Perlodiscussing the special issue “Can Constitutional Studies Be Decentred?”, published in the Annuaire international de justice constitutionnelle. Drawing on postcolonial and decolonial perspectives, this special issue examines the epistemic and methodological foundations of comparative constitutional law.

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Constitution-building after the Arab Spring. A Comparative Perspective
Constitution-building after the Arab Spring. A Comparative Perspective

Francesco BIAGI

Francesco Biagi introduces his new book Constitution-building after the Arab Spring. A Comparative Perspective (CUP 2025).

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Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language
Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language

Tímea DRINÓCZI, Giulia A. PENNISI and Helen XANTHAKI (eds)

Tímea Drinóczi, Giulia A. Pennisi, Helen Xanthaki tell us about the new book ‘Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language’.

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Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law
Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law

Chiara GRAZIANI and Arianna VEDASCHI

Chiara Graziani and Arianna Vedaschi introduce their new open-access book, ‘Artificial Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law’ (Elgar 2025).

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The Equilibrium of Parliamentary Law-making: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Courts in a Democracy
The Equilibrium of Parliamentary Law-making: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Courts in a Democracy

Viktor Zoltán KAZAI

Viktor Zoltán Kazai tells us about his new book ‘The Equilibrium of Parliamentary Law-making: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Courts in a Democracy’.

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La démocratie illibérale en droit constitutionnel
La démocratie illibérale en droit constitutionnel

Vanessa BARBÉ, Bertrand-Léo COMBRADE & Charles-Édouard SÉNAC

Vanessa Barbé, Bertrand-Léo Combrade et Charles-Édouard Sénac présentent leur ouvrage « La démocratie illibérale en droit constitutionnel » qui entend contribuer à l’analyse de la démocratie illibérale.

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Les états d'urgence sécuritaire et sanitaire : Étude constitutionnelle, historique et critique
Les états d'urgence sécuritaire et sanitaire : Étude constitutionnelle, historique et critique

Olivier BEAUD, Cécile GUÉRIN-BARGUES & Samy BENZINA

Olivier Beaud, Samy Benzina et Cécile Guérin-Bargues présentent leur ouvrage « Les états d'urgence sécuritaire et sanitaire : Étude constitutionnelle, historique et critique » consacré à l’étude constitutionnelle, historique et critique de l’état d’urgence en France.

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