For this Symposium, the IACL Blog editors asked contributors to report on constitutional developments across geographical regions. This request – and my attempt to respond with an overview of current constitutional issues in the Pacific region – prompted reflection on the meaning and value of ‘thinking regionally’ in comparative constitutional law.
Read MoreTunisia is the only state in the Arab world that has managed to make a democratic transition from the Arab Spring: for this reason, it may be of special interest to constitutional scholars to understand how Tunisia has proceeded to constitutionally ensure the independence of the Judiciary.
Read MoreCurrently Russia is facing quite a few challenges, flowing not only from the history of the country but also from recent constitutional developments with the country as well as from developments in constitutional law practice worldwide. In this piece, I try to point out several of these challenges which may impact on the future of the country.
Read MoreLast year, 2018, marked the beginning of a new era at the Supreme Court of Canada; Chief Justice Wagner completed his first full year in the role. Prior to his appointment, Chief Justice McLachlin led the Court for 17 years. She earned a reputation as a consensus builder on the Court, but that is not to suggest Charter cases decided by the Court were consistently unanimous.
Read MoreThere has been a series of interesting constitutional law developments across South Asia this year. Key highlights include petitions challenging the ban on entry of women in places of religious worship in India, and challenges to the constitutional validity of the Presidential pardon granted to persons on death row in Sri Lanka.
Read MoreBetween 2018 and the first part of 2019, Latin American states continued to experience the effects of longstanding regional phenomena and trends that present a deterioration of their state-institutions and democracy. In the face of these challenges, societies in the region have found it difficult to find a solution to the problems that these phenomena present. This post will give a brief exposition of three of these phenomena and trends that present constitutional challenges for the development of democracy and rule of law in Latin America.
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Erika Arban and Tom Gerald Daly
Co-Editors
Just over a year has passed since the official launch of the new-look IACL-AIDC Blog in Seoul, and to celebrate this important milestone we thought it would be nice have a ‘Global Snapshot’ Symposium offering an overview of constitutional law developments in various regions of the world: in other words, what has happened in the first half of the year and what is coming in the second half. This symposium collects a mixture of regional reviews and country-case studies, to offer the reader a global overview of constitutional events around the globe. It’s a reflection of our Mission Statement produced for last year’s launch, to be “a truly global blog that serves all areas of the world”.
We hope you’ll find this symposium useful and enjoyable, and many thanks to everyone who has contributed to such a successful re-launch!
Erika Arban and Tom Gerald Daly
Monday 1 July 2019
Arturo VILLAGRAN - ‘Latin America: Walking into the Abyss with eyes wide open’
Wednesday 3 July 2019
Radhika AGARWAL - ‘Constitutional Law Developments in South Asia in 2019’
Monday 8 July 2019
Hayley PITCHER - ‘Dissents in Charter Cases at the Supreme Court of Canada: An Anomaly of 2018 or An Emerging Trend?’
Wednesday 10 July
Elena KREMANSKAYA - ‘Recent and Potential Future Constitutional Developments in Russia’
Monday 15 July
Amel ARFAOUI - ‘The Constitutional design of the judiciary in Tunisia: Post-Revolution’ (working title)
Wednesday 17 July
Anna DZIEDZIC - ‘Oceanic Currents: Constitutional Developments in the Pacific’
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