🤩 An outstanding report on the reasons why constitution-making sometimes fails, written by Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher, with input from Christine Bell, Sumit Bisarya, Jason Gluck, and Christina Murray. Full text: idea.int/sites/default/…

🌍 The Global Summit on Constitutionalism will feature Christina Murray UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs UCT Law School delivering a keynote lecture on the current state and future trends in constitution-making in the world. March 20-22, 2025 UTexasLaw. Join us! Call for Papers: law.utexas.edu/the-2025-globa…

🤩 The list of one-year and two-year fellowships and Visiting Assistant Professorships is now updated for 2024-25, with thanks to Paul Caron. This is now a standard pathway toward a law faculty position in the United States. Full list and details here: taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2…

On today's Lawfare Daily, Kevin Frazier spoke to Richard Albert about his comparative analysis of what helps constitutions withstand political pressures and whether the U.S. Constitution has become too rigid. lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfar…

🤩 Six years ago today: I returned to Yale Law School to co-host a conference with my former professor, Bruce Ackerman, on his new book "Revolutionary Constitutions." Here we are having lunch Mory's Association. The book: hup.harvard.edu/books/97806749… The conference: law.yale.edu/revolutionary-…

🌍 The Keynote Speakers at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism. March 20-22, 2025 UTexasLaw. + Natalia Ángel Cabo Corte Constitucional + Miguel Maduro Católica Global School of Law + Christina Murray UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs + Kim Lane Scheppele Princeton University All are welcome! Details: law.utexas.edu/the-2025-globa…

🏆 Congratulations to Wim Voermans, winner of the 2023 Book of the Year Prize for "The Story of Constitutions." 🎉 We will award the Prize in person here UTexasLaw on Monday, September 9, 11:45am-1:00pm. Livestream on Zoom. Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📢 I am disappointed that the AAUP has reversed its 20-year opposition to academic boycotts. Academic boycotts are destructive to academic freedom. I agree with Martha Nussbaum, who wrote a persuasive essay in 2007 against academic boycotts. Full text: muse.jhu.edu/article/440028…

🌏 An impressive group of visiting doctoral scholars in the Constitutional Studies Program here UTexasLaw 🎉 1. Suellen Moura Suellen Moura | PhD Candidate UFPR 2. Alexandre Couto | PhD Candidate UnB 3. Nickson Oira Mayieka Oira Nickson | PhD Candidate SantAnnaPisa

🎉 A new book by Luis Octavio Vado Grajales on the values and importance of procedural justice and regularity across all areas of law--family law, criminal law, labor law, and beyond. Details: centrocarbonell.online/tienda/curso-b…

🤩 An essential resource to understand courts and constitutions. Edited by Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau & Irene Spigno, this book features 30+ chapters on the use of foreign precedents in domestic constitutional law. 🌏 Coming in 2025! Details: bloomsbury.com/uk/judicial-br…

📜 The most important--and least important--constitutional provisions, according to a study led by Adam Chilton and Mila Versteeg. Full paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

⚖️ A former UK Supreme Court justice has written a stinging criticism of the US Constitution and the US Supreme Court. The entire essay is worth reading, whether or not you agree with the author. Full text: prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united-s…

🌍 Meet the new Distinguished Research Fellows in Constitutional Studies here UTexasLaw. 🎉 Congratulations--and welcome!

⚖️ 🇲🇽 Mexico has 7000+ judges. All of them are appointed. But soon they may all be elected by popular vote. Is this a threat to the rule of law? A comparative perspective: nytimes.com/2024/08/30/wor… An academic report: thedialogue.org/wp-content/upl… Photo: C. Copeland

🌍 Join us at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism. March 20-22, 2025 UTexasLaw. 📝 We welcome proposals for fully-formed panels or individual paper presentations. Details: law.utexas.edu/the-2025-globa…

🤩 This book has jumped to the top of my reading list. It explores the origins of self-determination, the connection between self-determination and decolonization, and the judicial review of claims to self-determination. Details: bloomsbury.com/uk/97815099450…

📜 Two essential readings on constitution-making: 1. "How Not to Write a Constitution" by Larrain, Negretto & Voigt: link.springer.com/article/10.100… 2. "Does the Process of Constitution-Making Matter?" by Ginsburg, Elkins & Blount: annualreviews.org/content/journa…

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Tomorrow: A discussion on court reform and judicial independence in Mexico, with comparative perspectives from Canada and the US. 📝 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 📑 Background reading: foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/04/mex… 🎉 Hosted by @ccacanada. All are welcome!

🎉 My new paper "Decolonial Constitutionalism," to be published in the Chicago Journal of International Law. I define and illustrate decolonial constitutionalism in constitution-making, judicial enforcement, and supra- & sub-constitutionalism. Draft: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…