ISSUE 48(1): The Hon Chief Justice Stephen Gageler AC explores the distinctive ‘Australianness’ of the Australian Constitution in past and emerging constitutional scholarship. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

Interesting and difficult times for courts, globally. Next week, at Melbourne Law School, we host the President of the International Association of Judges for a lecture on #judicialindependence. Join us! Register at the link below events.unimelb.edu.au/Law-CCCS/event…

A nice surprise in mail inbox today. Congratulations to Prof. Cora Chan the director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at HKU on her much anticipated book!

📍"In defence of Scholarly activism" - Discussion avec Adrienne Stone 🗓 12 décembre 2024, 18h-20h, Salle RG – Pôle Juridique et Judiciaire (PJJ) Coordonné par Marie Padilla (@cerccle Université de Bordeaux) ➡️ mshbx.fr/2024/11/04/in-…

Wonderful to see Cheryl Saunders honoured in Comparative Constitutional Studies

An exciting offering at Melbourne Law School for those interested con law climate change. 👇👇👇

We are so proud to be honouring Cheryl Saunders in this latest issue. Open access now at the link below.

Are you awaiting the decision in Commonwealth v Yunupingu? (The potential native title blockbuster currently before the High Court). Lulu Weis has a great piece here:papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

A new article at the International Journal of Constitutional Law International Journal of Constitutional Law: “Scholactivism in the service of counter-populism: The case of constitutional overhaul in Israel”. Co-authored by Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Tamar Hostovsky Brandes, Eliav Lieblich, Yaniv Roznai, Adam

Seems like a good day to repost this. The decision is out abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1…

The CCCS Conference is back for 2025! Early bird registration is open now: law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/cccs/e…

The CCCS conference opens with a public lecture from the Hon Catherine Holmes AC SC (Robodebt Royal Commissioner) on The Accountability of Executive Government: Theory and Bitter Experience. Register now: law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/cccs/e…

The call for abstracts for IACL-AIDC 2026 is now open. See the list of abstracts at the link below. tomginsburg and I are chairing one on #academicfreedom. Lots of other topics too: airdrive.eventsair.com/eventsairweste…

Sanaa Alsarghali and Nathan J Brown's ground breaking article "Building a Palestinian Constitution" is open access now for a limited time. Down load it while you can: elgaronline.com/view/journals/…

For an update on Yunupingu, Charters of Rights, the sequels to NZYQ and a reflection on 50 (!) years since the dismissal, join us at the CCCS 2025 Conference. Register before the 27th for an early bird discount.