In his book Phantom Architecture, Philip Wilkinson offers that “some of the most exciting buildings in the history of architecture are the ones that never got built”: a mile-high skyscraper; a dome to cover most of downtown Manhattan; an enormous elephant-shaped triumphal arch (where the Arc de Triomphe in Paris now stands).
Read MoreTheunis Roux has made an important contribution in stimulating a debate over the nature of ‘Southern Democratic Constitutionalism’ (SDC) and what he describes as the two approaches to SDC which he places in dialogue with one another while arguing that they together reflect and contribute to a single dynamic version of SDC
Read MoreIn 2024, India elected its third consecutive majoritarian government, whose term lasts until 2029. Over the past decade, democratic institutions have faced growing challenges, with concerns over their resilience and independence
Read MoreIf Lindewe Sisulu, Transport Minister of South Africa, thought that the Constitution of South Africa was like a “Panadol” providing momentary relief, Theunis Roux’s article bringing that Constitution into conversation with the much older Indian Constitution is like a balm. It burns at first blush, but when it settles, it has a soothing feeling.
Read MoreIn his interesting article Roux presents us with two grand narratives that describe the constitutionalisms of India and South Africa since the enactment of their constitutions of 1950 and 1996 respectively
Read MoreThis timely and engaging essay by Theunis Roux sweeps across the democratic constitutionalist project as it is under threat of running aground in India and South Africa with echoes for other countries across the world
Read MoreIn his thought-provoking piece of contemporary global relevance, Theunis Roux makes an important intervention in the debates around the design, character, and effects of the Indian and South African constitutions…
Read MoreOn January 31 2025, the legal landscape of Pakistan was jolted by a letter bearing the signatures of five justices of the capital territory’s High Court, including the senior judges Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. The letter was severely critical of the reported attempt by the government to import a judge from another high court and install them as the Chief Justice (CJ) of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Read MoreHaving expressed my sincere gratitude to the respondents in the Introduction to this Symposium, I would like to start by addressing Alasdair Cochrane’s characteristically penetrating remarks…
Read MoreRaffael Fasel has written a very well-researched and engaging book on a topic where there is often little agreement and, sadly, little progress in law and policy…
Read MoreThis year marks 75 years of the Constitution of India coming into force, which – given the average life span of constitutions – is a very respectable, grand old age…
Read MoreMore Equal than Others is a tremendous contribution to the literature on human and animal rights: it is lucid, clear and beautifully argued. It offers a genuinely new approach to the award of fundamental rights – the Species Membership Approach (SMA) – that is extremely compelling…
Read MoreIf you could only save one in a fire, would you save your friend or your pet? A stranger or a cat? Jokes aside, the vast majority of people would say they would save a human, rather than a non-human animal…
Read MoreThe gubernatorial election of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, has caught the attention of both the elites and the wider public. Jakarta, the second world’s most populous city after Tokyo, serves as the largest contributor to the state’s economy…
Read MoreIf you are an egalitarian, you will (should!) think of equality between humans as unconditional, applying to all regardless of wealth, rank, gender, race, ability, or behaviour. In truth, we rarely manage this…
Read MoreThe book forming the subject of this IACL-AIDC Blog symposium is based on my PhD thesis at Cambridge, which I had the great fortune of writing under the supervision of Professor Nigel Simmonds…
Read MoreAs it stands, the Taiwan Constitutional Court (TCC) is a rump court with its future hanging in the air. After seven Justices – including the Chief Justice and his deputy – stepped down on 31 October 2024 at the end of their eight-year term, the TCC was left with a bare majority of its full membership of 15 Justices…
Read More4 February marks our first publication day for 2025, after the team took a hiatus over the Southern Hemisphere summer…
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