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—Adrien K. Wing, Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law The world was in shock and awe in the winter of 2010 when Tunisia, a small North African country, was able to...
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—Angelique Devaux, French Licensed Attorney (Notaire), LL.M. in American Law (Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law) To marry or tax me. This could be the modern Shakespeare quote heard...
View ArticleStriking Down Austerity Measures: Crisis Jurisprudence in Europe
—Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Adjunct Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace Due to the socialist ‘Carnation Revolution’ that led the country to its democratization after 1974, Portugal has inherited...
View ArticleThe Spanish Constitutional Tribunal’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision
—Christina M. Akrivopoulou, Adjunct Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace The Spanish Constitutional Court, in judgment 198/2012 of November 28, 2012, upheld Law 13/2005, which guarantees same-sex...
View ArticleVirtual Book Review Roundtable: “A Theory of Discrimination Law” Featuring...
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View ArticleCzech Constitutional Court: Czech Law Forbidding Registered Partners to Adopt...
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View ArticleArticle Review: Ioanna Tourkochoriti on Jeremie Gilbert and David Keane’s...
[Editor’s Note: In this installment of I•CONnect’s Article Review Series, Ioanna Tourkochoriti reviews Jeremie Gilbert and David Keane’s “Equality versus fraternity? Rethinking France and its...
View ArticleBook Review: Eric C. Christiansen on Angioletta Sperti’s “Constitutional...
[Note: In this installment of I•CONnect’s Book Review Series, Eric C. Christiansen reviews Angioletta Sperti’s “Constitutional Courts, Gay Rights and Sexual Orientation Equality” (Hart Publishing,...
View ArticleSamuel Moyn in Bogotá: Not Enough and Domestic Constitutional Histories
—Jorge González-Jácome, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) The recent publication of Samuel Moyn’s Not Enough has triggered an important debate among human rights and international law scholars. The...
View ArticleSpecial Undergraduate Series–The Misplaced Objections Against the Transgender...
Special Series: Perspectives from Undergraduate Law StudentsLL.B. Student Contribution –Anmol Jain, B.A., LL.B. Student (Hons.), National Law University, Jodhpur, India Last month, the Lower House of...
View ArticleSymposium on Chilean Referendum Part III: A Feminist Rethinking of the...
[Editor’s Note: I-CONnect is pleased to feature a five-part symposium on the recent Chilean referendum authorizing a new constitution-making process. The symposium was organized by Professors José...
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