This short note was inspired by the 2019 Law and Development Research Network Conference in Berlin. The Conference was organised by the Chair for Public Law and Comparative
Law at Humboldt University, and was attended by over two hundred scholars from thirty-nine countries under the heading ‘The plurality of law and development’. [...]
University of Texas at Austin School of Law – Michael Pal, Associate Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, presents today, Constitutional Design of Political Rights, as
part of the Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics Colloquium. Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of [...]
Am 31.10./1.11.2019 findet an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt eine Tagung zum Thema „Kritische Theorie der Politik“ anlässlich des Erscheinens des gleichnamigen Buchs
statt. Die Keynote hält Oliver Marchart zum Thema „Kritische Theorie und kritische Theorien. [...]
Que doit notre culture visuelle au XIXe siècle ? Pour le comprendre, l’historienne de l’art Patricia Mainardi remonte bien avant l’invention de la photographie, et
explore un vaste ensemble d’images en tout genre dans un livre qui nous invite à rééduquer notre regard, loin des écrans. [...]
(Source: Collège de France) We learned of a colloqium at the Collège de France on “l'eschatologie impériale du souverain”. L’histoire des Empires connaît un engouement
récent qui a fait émerger un champ spécifique, « l’impériologie ». En revanche, la question de l’« impérialité », c’est-à-dire de l’Empire comme [...]
Richard Schragger (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted Unconstitutional Government Speech on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article uses recent controversies
over government-sponsored religious symbols and Confederate iconography to consider the appropriate constitutional limits on the government’s symbolic expression. [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Dr. David Boyd, is hosting a "researchathon" this month. And yes, he promises, there are prizes!!! And even International
Recognition!!! Here's the info from Dr. Boyd and a link that... [...]
Purdue Trustees Approve Sports Wagering Policy: The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Thursday (Oct. 10) approved the adoption of a sports wagering policy. The policy
bans faculty, staff and non-athlete students across the university system from gambling on sporting events involving any Purdue teams, coaches or student-athletes. [...]
(Source: University of Helsinki) We learned of a call for papers on the topography of power in Republican and Imperial Rome. Here the call: Call for papers The purpose of
the conference is to explore the transformation of public space and administrative activities in Republican and Imperial Rome through an interdisciplinary exploration [...]
H. David Rosenbloom (NYU) & Fadi Shaheen (Rutgers), The TCJA and the Treaties, 95 Tax Notes Int'l 1057 (Sept. 9 2019): This article addresses the interaction of U.S. income
tax treaties and certain changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to the international provisions of the corporate income... [...]
