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The origin and contested meaning of freedom in the human right to science
This article traces how the ‘freedom indispensable for scientific research’ was introduced into the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Katrin Kinzelbach
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Decolonising global constitutionalism [PDF]
Havercroft, Jonathan +4 more
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Managed freedom in precarious times: Maintaining academic freedom in transitional Hong Kong
This article examines the status of academic freedom in Hong Kong in light of the increasing securitization of higher education since the implementation of the National Security Law (NSL) in 2020.
Hualing Fu
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Neo-Elyian theory, therapeutic jurisprudence and the constitutional judgment
This paper seeks to understand modern comparative reflections on John Hart Ely’s work through Comparative Political Process Theory or Comparative Representation-Reinforcing Theory, and how such approaches can be augmented through the lens of therapeutic ...
Sarah Murray
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John Hart Ely’s theory of judicial review was centrally concerned with the role of courts in preserving democracy in the constitutional context of the United States. At first blush, then, the comparative turn toward Ely might strike a jarring note.
Yvonne Tew
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Global Constitutionalism - A Critical View
Drawing on comparative law scholarship this paper discusses global constitutionalism from a critical point of view. Many contemporary authors seem to presume that the idea of constitutionalism must be universal. In agreement with this thinking the commitment to the rule of law, democracy and human rights has arguably become a defining global factor ...
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Kinship Beyond Borders: Relational Sovereignty and the Limits of Liberal Statist Secession
Constellations, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 83-90, March 2026.
Elliot Goodell Ugalde
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This article addresses power-sharing constitutions that include powers of veto wielded by discrete ethnonational groups. Such constitutional arrangements – seen, for example, in Northern Ireland and Bosnia – have often prompted severe deadlock, a problem
Ron Levy, Ian O’Flynn
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Taking democracy seriously: A theory and global typology of democratic forms of government
Although the distinction between presidential, parliamentary and hybrid forms of government is fundamental to the study of democratic constitutions, it lacks a foundation in democratic theory. Empirical researchers do not define these forms in democratic
Steffen Ganghof
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Equality and its discontents: On the diversity of equality doctrines in comparative perspective
The meaning of equality is highly contested. As a result, courts across different jurisdictions have developed distinct doctrinal approaches to operationalize the concept.
Niels Petersen
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