Global Constitutionalism

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Lifeboats and their problems: On the downsides of an influential metaphor in political theory - cup.org/45aAoqT

- Chris Armstrong

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The Citizen Initiative in Chile’s constitution-making (2021–2023): Lessons from a participatory and digital mechanism in comparative perspective - cup.org/3IGtUIu

- Francisco Soto Barrientos, Orestes Suárez & Benjamín Alemparte

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The ethics of state consent to international law - cup.org/3T9SnIt

- Carmen E. Pavel

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Global Constitutionalism - Volume 14 - Issue 2

Special Issue: The New Comparative Political Process Theory - cup.org/43Xyk62

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Reimagining digital constitutionalism - cup.org/4kF4EA8

"By positioning its origins and evolution in the digital bill of rights movement, it makes the case for reimagining digital constitutionalism as a discourse."

- @kinfe.bsky.social

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Dynamics of salient normative status dimensions and issues in a changing international order - cup.org/3SFH6PE

- Catherine Hecht

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From survival cannibalism to climate politics: Rethinking Regina vs Dudley and Stephens - cup.org/42Fri5i

- @itamann.bsky.social

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📢 Please Circulate 📢

We are happy to announce that this year's deadline for special issue proposals is the 8th of October 2025.

Please see the linked page for more details

📢 On First View 'Proportionality and precaution' by Mark Friedman & Anthony Sangiuliano #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism

📢 On First View 'Courts and comparative representation-reinforcing theory' by Rosalind Dixon

📢 On First View 'The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law' by Emilia Justyna Powell and Josh Paldino

📢 On First View 'Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution' by @maxim-v-asseldonk.bsky.social

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The constitutional codification of academic freedom over time and space - cup.org/4kuHnS8

- Janika Spannagel

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📢 Editorial 'Contested compliance of obligations under international law: A take from Global Constitutionalism' by Antje Wiener, Jo Shaw, Jonathan Havercroft, Susan Kang and Stephanie Law #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism

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Volume 14 - Issue 1 - March 2025 - cup.org/43DDAMH

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📢 On First View 'Reading Ely in Tokyo' by Yvonne Tew #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism

📢 On First View 'Recognising differentiated affectedness within a global demos: promoting the democratic legitimacy of the UNFCCC' by Nicola Sharman #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism

📢 On First View 'Managed freedom in precarious times: Maintaining academic freedom in transitional Hong Kong' by Hualing Fu #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism

📢 On First View 'Responsive judicial remedies' by Rosalind Dixon and Po Jen Yap #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism

We are delighted to have found a new home at the University of Edinburgh!

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Global Constitutionalism - Volume 13 - Issue 3 - cup.org/3VT1S0t

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Finally out: @gautambhatia88.bsky.social 's essay in the @globcon.bsky.social special issue my John Ely piece is in: cambridge.org/core/journals/… I cite it in fn230 to point to Kenya as another country that considers widescale participation in public policymaking as a defining trait of democracy

Boundary problem + Democratic Innovations = Boundary Assembly?

My new article @globcon.bsky.social is out today:
"Boundary assembly: An institutional proposal for democratizing membership politics"
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Special Issue: Liberal Democratic Constitutionalism and the Invasion of #Ukraine - Volume 13 - Issue 2 - cup.org/4fZJivs

Global Constitutionalism is now an #OpenAccess title

📢 On First View 'Academic freedom: Global variations in norm conceptualization, diffusion and contestation – an introduction' by Kriszta Kovács & Janika Spannagel. Full Special Issue appearing online soon! #OpenAccess #GlobalConstitutionalism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A great speical issue on Academic Freedom in @globcon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @joshaw.bsky.social @antjewiener.bsky.social Well done!

📢 On First View 'Academic freedom: Global variations in norm conceptualization, diffusion and contestation – an introduction' by Kriszta Kovác and Janika Spannagel. Full Special Issue appearing online soon! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #OpenAccess @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social

📢 On First View 'The Day After a Broken Democratic Polity' by Victoria Kristan: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #GlobalConstitutionalism @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social

As of January 2025, the Cambridge University Press journal @globcon.bsky.social (Global Constitutionalism) will be based at the University of Edinburgh, supported by a fruitful partnership between University of Edinburgh Law School & University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science.

📢 GlobCon is hiring a new Managing Editor! A great opportunity to learn how a top journal works from the inside & to work with a team of academics in one of the most exciting interdisciplinary fields: global constitutionalism. See full job role and application details below ⬇️