Can we construct a playbook for reinstating the rule of law in Poland? Thanks to Paulina Starski for organising this conference Universität Freiburg with Adam Bodnar #JosephWeiler #MonicaClaes #GabrieleBritz Dimitry Kochenov! Join us for this important discussion ruleoflaw-freiburg.de

📢 1/6🧵 Thrilled to announce the publication of the Routledge Handbook of Autocratization! As the co-editor with Aurel Croissant, I couldn't be more proud of the diverse insights and critical analyses this volume brings together. 📚✨ #Autocratization SciencePo ULB

The link to Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective, edited with my great collegue Lori Hausegger is also up! First volume of the series we'll be editing with Rich Pacelle Peter Lang Publishers
'Global Perspectives on Judicial Politics' More soon!

amazon.com.au/dp/1433198126

The Oxford University Press has created the Oxford Studies in Asian Laws, a new series for publishing outstanding monographs on new directions in Asian laws. We welcome new book proposals.
Announcement: Oxford Studies in Asian Laws | Faculty of Law

The link to Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective, edited with my great collegue Lori Hausegger Boise State University is also up! First volume of the series we'll be editing with Rich Pacelle Peter Lang Publishers 'Global Perspectives on Judicial Politics' More soon

amazon.com.au/dp/1433198126/

Por si no lo han visto aún, ya el documental sobre Armando.Info y el extraordinario trabajo de Roberto Deniz siguiendo una trama de corrupción venezolana, tiene libre acceso en YouTube y subtítulos en español.
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Latin Americanists: check out this 4-year teaching post doc position Oxford Politics and IR LAC Oxford and let me know if you have any questions:

politics.ox.ac.uk/opportunity/de…

10 libros de Ana Teresa Torres que se consiguen gratis en su web, y que deberíamos leer:

Viaje al poscomunismo
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Diorama
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Fervor de Caracas
anateresatorres.com/2015/02/fervor…

La escribana del viento
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Great experience at the ICON•S Winter/Summer School.

Energetic young scholars!

Grateful to Rosalind Dixon, Elisabeth Perham, Irene Parra Prieto and many more. such wonderful hosts!

Thanks to UNSW Law & Justice, HKU Law, Uni Ottawa and NUS law and Manos Foundation for their support!

Where my Abuelo Víctor was born: Barrio Santa Lucía, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Link is out - Informality and Courts is now available for pre-ordering!

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More chapters of The Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics are out, with contributions on authoritarian practices, contentious politics, authoritarian learning, legitimacy and legitimisation, and quantitative approaches to investigate dictatorships🧵
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The song that is making my afternoon is:

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La militarización en curso en México implica partidizar a las Fuerzas Armadas, su progresiva identificación con un proyecto político específico. Implica la pérdida de neutralidad que esencial para una de las instituciones que cumplen tareas de Estado. wilsoncenter.org/article/milita…

I'm thrilled to announce I've been appointed Dean of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, commencing July 2024. It's an incredible honour to have been appointed and I look forward to beginning this next chapter of my career.

La quinta economía del mundo:

Los latinos aportan US$ 3,2 billones a la economía de Estados Unidos, según datos del informe del PIB Latino 2023 publicado por Latino Colaboración de donantes (LDC). Si los latinos fuesen un país, serían la quinta economía más grande del mundo.

NEW: Swiss banker Paulo Murta pleads guilty to facilitating payment of $26 million in bribes to senior Venezuelan officials, much of it via Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo.

Murta is the 24th person to plead in Houston-led probe of corruption at state-run oil company PDVSA.

Here's our analysis of the proposed policy to cap international student numbers in #Australia , drawing on census data & other sources. George Tan -georgetan.bsky.social

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#internationalstudents #intled #internationaleducation Luke Sheehy #skills #migration ABC News International Education Research

Buenos días La Trobe University - and to our dear colleagues from Study Melbourne #GlobalVictoria from Latin America, who visited us yesterday here in Bundoora!

Esto me alegra—y que bueno habría sido que se supiera antes. Tarifas un poco más accesibles para LASA en Bogotá Silvia Otero Bahamon Javier Revelo Rebolledo María José Álvarez Rivadulla Red De Politólogas - #NoSinMujeres