Victoria Kristan

What counts as a violation of the Rule of Law? In my new article in Law and Philosophy, I develop a typology of Rule of Law violations to clarify a question that is often misunderstood. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

⚖️ Constitutional scholar Marieta Safta (@MarietaSafta) has published a superb new paper: "Is the Venice Commission the World’s De Facto Constitutional Court?" The paper shows that the Venice Commission operates like a global court in light of its influence on regional human rights courts and national high courts across Europe and beyond. Full text here: degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…

Ya está abierto el llamado a presentar trabajos para el VI Encuentro Anual de @icon_s_arg, junto a las Jornadas de Filosofía del Derecho, que organizamos de manera ininterrumpida y desde hace una década en Mendoza! 6-7 de agosto, UNCuyo. shorturl.at/fK2qk

Here is what I wrote for I•CONnect on the recent elections in Hungary. Elections alone don’t restore democracy. The challenge starts the day after. iconnectblog.com/the-day-after-…

@WojSadurski Indeed! And if there is one lesson to take seriously, it is that accountability hinges on getting the diagnosis of Rule of Law failure mechanisms right!

Miał być „Budapeszt w Warszawie”, będzie „Warszawa w Budapeszcie”. Magyar będzie miał pewne atuty w porównaniu z Tuskiem (przede wszystkim – brak hamulcowego prezydenta i być może większość konstytucyjna), ale przyda mu się wyciągnąć kilka lekcji z przywracania demokracji w Polsce. Przede wszystkim o czynniku czasu: tempo zmian, rozliczeń i normalizacji relacji z UE są równie ważne, jak ich kierunek. O tym – niedługo w analizie w gazecie codziennej.

Les presentamos una discusión sobre la democracia frente al desafío de la epistocracia. Mariano Garreta Leclercq de la UBA ofrece una defensa basada en el consecuencialismo Le responde Jason Brennan de Georgetown University. rlfp.org.ar

juris.jotwell.com/what-is-real-l… Check out my review of the awesome paper by @BrianFl38315947 & G Almeida, “Lawful, But Not Really: The Dual Character of the Concept of Law”. I am honored to be a contributing editor of JOTWELL, edited by profs. B Bix, K Himma and M Froomkin!

A new book: Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy Genesis, Theory, Legacies, edited by Sandrine Baume & David Ragazzoni, @CambridgeUP 👇👇👇 cambridge.org/core/books/han…

If you happen to be in London at the end of March, please do join us. I’m especially pleased that my co-author, Mark Tushnet, will be there too, and we very much look forward to the discussion. ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

🏛️ What's New in Public Law | Week of March 2 Executive power, party surveillance, and federalism dominate this week’s developments Check out the full piece for detailed information 🔗 iconnectblog.com/whats-new-week… #PublicLaw #ConstitutionalLaw #ICONS

Publishing internationally can be a major hurdle for early-career scholars. To help bridge that gap, we’re introducing the ICON·S Writing School. The school is open to everyone! Register here: lnkd.in/dRD7gRYU

@rominarekers @UniGraz Bravo!

Happy to continue discussing and advancing the development of the Transdisciplinary Reflective Equilibrium method for the co-production of ethics — now at the @UniGraz and within the Transdisciplinarity – Community of Practice.

My article “Violations of the Rule of Law: A Typology to Guide Decision-Makers” (Law & Philosophy, 2026) was featured in @ICONnectBlog’s What’s New. Grateful for the mention! I·CONnect: iconnectblog.com/whats-new-week… Article: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@juanchi_TIC Gracias por compartir!

¿Qué se considera una violación del Estado de derecho?👇🏽

Recomiendo muchísimo este trabajo. Una nueva visión sobre el rule of law muy importante para los tiempos que corren.

@CarolinaFBlanco muchas gracias por compartirlo!

dirittoequestionipubbliche.org/page/2026_dq-c… For those interested, here is an article I wrote on the Rule of Law, published in the special issue of ‘Diritto & questioni pubbliche’ entitled Rule of Law: In Books, in Minds, edited by Corrado Roversi, Marco Brigaglia and Andrej Kristan.

⚖️ New on ICONnect: "Democracy in a Plastic Regime: Constitutional Resilience and the Yield Point" André L. Perovano questions how resilience itself can function as the mechanism for the hollowing out of democracy iconnectbog.com/democracy-in-a… #ConstitutionalLaw #Democracy #ICONS

¿Cómo pensar el derecho como una conversación entre iguales? El simposio publicado en la Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofía Política está generando una discusión muy rica. Disponible en acceso abierto aquí: rlfp.org.ar/revista/index.…

Democracy and Constitutionalism In this @RLFPolitica article, @AdamPrzeworski discusses ex-ante and ex-post modes of constitutional review and argues that ex-ante review attenuates the conflict between majority rule and constitutionalism. Open Access: rlfp.org.ar/revista/index.…