Israel’s political and constitutional crisis

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Israel’s political and constitutional crisis

David KRETZMER

As Benjamin Netanyahu lays the ground for his new coalition government that shall probably be presented to the Knesset in the coming week a series of laws is being considered in the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) that present a clear and present danger to the democratic institutions of the state.  In order to understand the destructive potential of the proposed laws it is necessary to appreciate the country’s fragile constitutional structure.

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Elite Capture and Popular Participation in South Sudan’s Constitution Making?

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Elite Capture and Popular Participation in South Sudan’s Constitution Making?

Joseph GENG AKECH

The Republic of South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, ending Africa’s deadliest civil war. Since then, informal elite agreements and bargaining have been at the heart of governance in the world’s newest country. Such an arrangement has often come at the cost of crucial popular participation and…

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Unconstitutional Actions and a Legislative Gap: Were the Actions of the Head of the Ukrainian Supreme Court in Terminating the Powers of Judge Lvov Legal?

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Unconstitutional Actions and a Legislative Gap: Were the Actions of the Head of the Ukrainian Supreme Court in Terminating the Powers of Judge Lvov Legal?

Sergiy PANASYUK

A couple of months ago, in September 2022, Ukrainian society was shocked by revelations from a journalistic investigation claiming that the Chairman of the Commercial Court of Cassation (which forms part of the Supreme Court of Ukraine)…

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The Enforcement of International Human Rights Standards on Personal Liberty and the Presumption of Innocence in Mexico: When the Supreme Court Became its Own Worst Enemy

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The Enforcement of International Human Rights Standards on Personal Liberty and the Presumption of Innocence in Mexico: When the Supreme Court Became its Own Worst Enemy

Mariana VELASCO-RIVERA

In her forthcoming book, ‘Responsive Judicial Review – Democracy and Dysfunction in the Modern Age’, Rosalind Dixon puts apex courts at the front and center of the endeavor of defending and enhancing constitutional democracy. One of the central premises of Dixon’s argument is that in order to perform such a role…

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Constitutional Court Protects the Rule of Law Against Illiberal Memory Politics

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Constitutional Court Protects the Rule of Law Against Illiberal Memory Politics

Carna PISTAN

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina has recently annulled the attempt of the Serb-majority entity Republika Srpska – one of the country’s two entities, alongside the Bosnian-Croat Federation – to prevent the implementation, within its territory, of the law criminalizing genocide denial…

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Lebanon: A Century of a Constitutional Contradiction

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Lebanon: A Century of a Constitutional Contradiction

Elie T. ELIAS

In historical terms, Lebanon was created as a single state to safeguard the multiple specificities of the cultural communities present on its territories. Article 9 of the Constitution states: “There shall be absolute freedom of conscience. The state in rendering homage to the God Almighty shall respect all religions and creeds…”

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