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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Aug 13

In this paper, forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Law and Authoritarianism, edited by Cora Chan, Madhav Khosla, Benjamin Liebman, and Mark Tushnet, I shed light on the nature and structure of authoritarianism in Africa. All comments welcome! Link to the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Cheryl Saunders @cherylas1.bsky.social · Aug 13

An important debate to which this is a very useful contribution, needing more and broader, similarly frank and clear-sighted contributions, responding to experience.

Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Aug 11

What an excellent piece! Decolonization is often premised on a Manichean view of the “colonizer” and the “colonized”. Tarun Khaitan, once again, reveals a key intellectual flaw in decolonial thought from within, reminding us to think more deeply about improving conditions in postcolonial societies.

Tarun Khaitan @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Aug 11

What an excellent piece! Decolonization is often premised on a Manichean view of the “colonizer” and the “colonized”. Tarun Khaitan, once again, reveals a key intellectual flaw in decolonial thought from within, reminding us to think more deeply about improving conditions in postcolonial societies.

Tarun Khaitan @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social · Aug 11

blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20...

Civilising the Hindu ‘Rashtra’: Decoloniality’s Tryst with Nativist Palingenesis - South Asia@LSE

As the Constitution marks 75 years as the founding text of independent India, some have argued for it to be repudiated because of its ‘foreign’ influences. Tarun Khaitan discusses why such arguments d...

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Colm O'Cinneide @colmocinneide.bsky.social · Jul 18

I enjoyed this paper. Kelsen's attempt to map out how democratic self-governance at national level could be brought into harmony with wider frameworks of international governance was admirable - and IMHO is still relevant today.
legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/enge...

Engelking on Kant, Kelsen and International Law

Wojciech Engelking, University of Warsaw, has published How Kantian is Kelsen’s Early Theory of International Law? in Law and History Revie...

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Constitutional Studies @constlstudies.bsky.social · Jul 14

In his new article for CS, Ran Hirschl assesses the state of #comparative constitutional studies and the divergent constitutional trajectories of the #UnitedStates and #Canada in #NorthAmerica.

Read more at tinyurl.com/47rfnap8. Read our full issue on the State of the Field at tinyurl.com/bdd99zh8!

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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Jun 26

Many congratulations, Michael!

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Constitutional Studies @constlstudies.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are thrilled to relaunch this year as an international, multilingual, open access journal, published by the Comparative Constitutions Project and the International Association of Constitutional Law.

First reissue out this June! Read more at tinyurl.com/mtsuc85u and follow to get future issues!

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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · May 7

An excellent review of Oromay, Gautam.

Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · May 6

A 1983 Ethiopian novel, that was banned in its publication, and saw its author disappeared by the regime, has been translated into English for the first time in 2025.

My review of “Oromay”:

Truth at the Point of Occlusion —

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Truth at the Point of Occlusion: Baalu Girma’s Oromay

In 1983, the Ethiopian writer Baalu Girma published his sixth novel, Oromay. Within the week, Oromay was banned in Ethiopia, Girma was fired from his job at the Ministry of Information, and copies …

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michael veale @michae.lv · May 6

How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)

discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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Colm O'Cinneide @colmocinneide.bsky.social · Apr 3

Any public lawyers suffering existential ennui should note that Trump's tariffs are possible thanks to (i) a sweeping transfer of Congressional taxation powers to the executive under an emergency powers rubric & (ii) case-law hollowing out the US non-delegation doctrine. See, we matter!!

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Apr 3

Sens. Chuck Grassley and Maria Cantwell just introduced a bill to reassert Congress's power over tariffs.

The Trade Review Act of 2025 says a president must notify Congress about new tariffs within 48 hours of imposition. It requires Congress to approve them within 60 days or they expire.

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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Mar 11

A Research Fellow position at the UCL Laws's Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism is open for application. The application deadline is 31 March 2025.

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Feb 20

Hirschl & Slawnych, three takes on comparative constitutional history. Remarks on war and innovation.

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Alexander Hudson @aehudson.bsky.social · Feb 11

The impossibility of keeping up with the torrent of news about the second Trump administration (alongside many other important events) set me off on a slightly philosophical re-consideration of how I consume news media. So, I wrote a blog post about it. See if you agree: www.idea.int/blog/what-do...

What do I need to know, and when do I need to know it? Democracy, the news, and hedgehogs

Half a century ago, the most important question in US-American politics was ‘What did the President know, and when did he know it?’ Today, with even that level of political accountability a distant me...

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Berihun Gebeye @berihungebeye.bsky.social · Feb 3

This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in constitutional law in Africa. The program brings together practitioners, scholars, and graduate students in the beautiful Budapest. They have also some funding.

summeruniversity.ceu.edu/courses/2025...

Constitution Building in Africa | CEU summer course

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Siri Gloppen @sirigloppen.bsky.social · Jan 21

On a day when resistance to autocratization seems particularly urgent, Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social and I are pleased that our article on "Legalized resistance to autocratisation in common law Africa" is out - and open access. @lawtransform.bsky.social
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