FIVE VALUES
– User-friendly
– Added Value
– Responsive
– Inclusive
– Truly Global
VIDEO EDITORIAL
Watch our video editorial launching the new-look Blog (June 2018).
Video courtesy of Stijn Smet
OUR MISSION: 4 MAIN AIMS
The five Values of the Blog are: to be user-friendly, provide added value, and to be responsive, inclusive, and truly global.
We pursue these aims in four ways:
Providing a Meeting Place: We aim to provide a user-friendly meeting place for constitutionalists around the world to present their research, share their views, and discuss topics in constitutional law. We take an inclusive approach to reflect the diversity of the research community across IACL and beyond. The Blog is open to a global audience, including members and non-members of the IACL-AIDC. We aim to be responsive to our audiences’ feedback and requests regarding content, and we encourage you to submit proposals to iacl.blogeditor@gmail.com.
Cultivating Conversations: Blog posts respond to constitutional law developments, frame important debates, provide much-needed context, make useful links between different developments, and look ahead to what constitutional developments may take place in the future. Alongside single blog posts on discrete issues, we publish Blog Symposia consisting of several blog posts on a particular theme, topic or question which allow more sustained and multifaceted discussion of a selected subject and bring together authors who are working on similar issues.
Ensuring that We Focus on All World Regions: Our goal is to be a truly global blog that serves all areas of the world. To that end, we strive to feature blog posts that represent all regions of the world. We will place significant focus on ensuring the inclusion of regions that are under-represented in global constitutional conversations (e.g. Central America, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and Oceania).
Enhancing Our Network and Partnerships: Overall, we aim for the blog to provide added value to the existing landscape of constitutional law blogs. We plan to enhance the distinctive perspective of the Blog by drawing on the extensive IACL network, linking with specialised blogs in the field of constitutional law, and initiating new partnerships with public law centres at universities, practitioner groups and non-government organisations. This will ensure that Blog users have prompt access to useful information that truly helps them in their work.