π’ New book chapter
π€ Γyvind Stiansen (ISV) @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social
π The Courts
π Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics
π doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Our article βInformal Institutions in Judicial Decision-Making: A Study of the Polish Constitutional Tribunalβ (with Prof. Piotr Tuleja) is now online first in @euconst.bsky.social
It's great to have yearly feedback on informal institutions by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S157...
Check out our new article βΌοΈ on #courts #socialparticioacion #publichearings #amicuscuriae
Itβs #openaccess
@giga-hamburg.de
Under what conditions do courts implement mechanisms of social participation in judicial decision-making? Read this newly published article by @tibi-weber.bsky.social, @millanos.bsky.social, and Pedro Martins da Costa to find out!
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We are very excited about our #ecprgc26 Section on "Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation" chaired by @thaliagerzso.bsky.social and @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... and hope to see you all in KrakΓ³w (8-11 September 2026)!
Be part of my panel on "Courts and their allies" at #ecprgc26!
It is part of the section on "Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation", endoserd by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social.
Please donΒ΄t hesitate to contact me in case of any questions!
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So delighted to see this out π€©π€©
Many thanks to this year's award jury, which was composed of Monika Glavina, @taraldberge.bsky.social , and @ripplingeralina.bsky.social!
His paper "The comparative role of migration courts: How different legal institutions influence who gets protection in Canada and Sweden" offers a historical-institutionalist analysis of how different approaches to legal interpretation in national review processes influence outcomes for litigants.
Congratulations to Andreas AsplΓ©n Lundstedt who has been awarded our Best Conference Paper Award for an Early-Career Researcher for the #ecprgc25 conference!
π¨π¨π¨@thaliagerzso.bsky.social and @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy are organizing our Standing Group's section proposal for #ecprgc26! Send them your panel abstract by the end of this week to be included in the section proposal!π¨π¨π¨
π¨π¨ Final call! Propose a panel for the Law & Courts section at ECPR 2026 (KrakΓ³w π΅π±, 8β11 Sept).
Submit by 31 Oct:
π Short title
π β€80-word abstract
π 1β2 co-chairs + ECPR emails
π§ Send your proposal to: thalia.gerzso@york.ac.uk & j.k.schaffer@gu.se
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Source: ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts
π’We joined the ECPR General Conference 2025 in Thessaloniki! David KosaΕ, Attila Vincze, @hamriklukas.bsky.social & OndΕej Kadlec presented papers on topics from judicial overstay, court governance digital transformation to (in)formal judicial institutions. Thank you @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
The amazing Law and Courts audience stayed engaged and showed up with lots of questions also for the very last panel. Thanks to everyone for a great #ecprgc25 and we hope to see you all for #ecprgc26!
@silje-hermansen.bsky.social presented work with @louisabo.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the conditions under which the European Court of Justice will accept novel legal arguments advanced by private parties #ecprgc25
How would the public prefer a constitutional court to be designed? @tswalve.bsky.social has novel evidence from a conjoint experiment in the π³π± #ecprgc25
The ECPR Standing Group on the Politics of Law & Courts Bluesky account is now bridged to the Fediverse. Follow it for updates and browse posts on talks at the just concluded ECPR-GC in Thessaloniki: @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
#ecprgc25 #ecprgc2025 #ecpr2025 #ecpr
Discussant comments by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social #ecprgc25
@karinleijon.bsky.social presented novel data on πΈπͺ municipalities' compliance with lower court judgments #ecprgc25
Sharngan Aravindakshan presented work on how courts in πΏπ¦ have managed the compliance process in cases concerning the right to education #ecprgc25
Dewy Pistora discussed whether the remedial tools of π³π± courts are sufficient for achieving compliance in public interest litigation cases and what they may learn from πΊπΈ courts.
Olof Larsson argued that scholarship on compliance with πͺπΊ law needs to be more attentive to differences between negative and positive integration cases #ecprgc25
We had a great set of papers on public authorities' compliance with court rulings. @taraldberge.bsky.social presented work on whether states use compliance with ISDS awards to signal commitment to property rights #ecprgc25
Proud to see two members of our team contributing to the debate on how formal and informal judicial institutions interact! π Attila Vincze and @hamriklukas.bsky.social brought important insights at the ECPR conference in Thessaloniki, Greece #ecprgc25.
Last, but not least @davidkosar.bsky.social chaired the panel 'Fixing the Bench' and presented a paper 'Judicial Overstay' co-authored with Patrick Leisure.
Another great contribution from our team at #ecprgc25! π OndΕej Kadlec presented his paper 'From Rule- To Data- And Code-Based Judicial Administration: The Digital Transformation of Court Governance in Europe', highlighting how digitalization is reshaping judicial governance. #LawAndCourts
Our Standing Group has the best people both at day during panels and in the evening! Many thanks to @karinleijon.bsky.social for organizing this year's standing group dinner! #ecprgc25
Having heard about this possible competition, @benjaminengst.bsky.social is bringing his discussant artwork to even greater heights π¨
