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?

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.

Francesco BIAGI

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

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’.

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).

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’.

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.

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.

Angioletta SPERTI

Angioletta Sperti tells us about her new book ‘Constitutional Courts, Media and Public Opinion’.

Pablo RIBERI (ed)

Pablo Riberi tells us about his new edited collection ‘Pandemocracy in Latin America: Revisiting the Political and Constitutional Dimension of the Pandemic’.

Paul DALY & Joe TOMLINSON (eds)

Paul Daly and Joe Tomlinson tell us about their new edited collection ‘Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems’.

Irene SPIGNO, Valentine RITA SCOTTI & Janaína LIMA PENALVA DA SILVA

Irene Spigno, Valentina Rita Scotti and Janaina Penalva, co-chairs of the IACL Research Group on Gender and Constitutions, tell us about their new edited collection assessing women’s equality across 13 jurisdictions.

Wim VOERMANS

Wim Voermans tells us about his new book ‘The Story of Constitutions: Discovering the We in Us’.

Bertrand MATHIEU

Bertrand Mathieu tells us about his new book, recently translated into English, which diagnoses and explains the crisis facing Western liberal democracies.

Rebecca COOK ed

Rebecca Cook tells us about her new edited book, which offers insider perspectives on constitution making from around the world.

Tom GINSBURG and Sumit BISARYA

Tom Ginsburg and Sumit Bisarya tell us about their new edited book, which offers insider perspectives on constitution making from around the world.

Pierre-Alain COLLOT

Entretien avec l’auteur Pierre-Alain Collot présente son nouvel ouvrage collectif « Le constitutionnalisme abusif en Europe » qui explore le phénomène de rétrogression constitutionnelle lequel tend aujourd'hui à se répandre dans certains États européens.

Patricia RRAPI

Entretien avec l’auteur Patricia Rrapi présente son nouvel ouvrage collectif « Les interprétations concurrentes de la constitution » qui discute des discours sur le monopole d’interprétation juridictionnelle et le « pluralisme » interprétatif.

Lauréline FONTAINE

Entretien avec l’auteur Lauréline Fontaine discute de son nouvel ouvrage « La Constitution maltraitée, Anatomie du Conseil constitutionnel » qui montre que le Conseil constitutionnel ne remplit véritablement aucun des critères nécessaires dans un État de droit démocratique.

Federica CITTADINO, Louisa PARKS, Peter BUSSJÄGER and Francesca ROSIGNOLI eds

The editors of ‘Climate Change Integration in the Multilevel Governance of Italy and Austria: Shaping Subnational Policies in the Transport, Energy, and Spatial Planning Sectors’ tell us more about their new book.