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[Editor’s note: This is the third of four posts for a mini symposium on Amalia Kessler’s article “Toward an Account of the Nineteenth-Century Emergence of the Comparative Accusatorial/Inquisitorial Divide“, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 71, Issue 2, Summer 2023, Pages 296–327, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad022]

[Editor’s note: This is the second of four posts for a mini symposium on Amalia Kessler’s article “Toward an Account of the Nineteenth-Century Emergence of the Comparative Accusatorial/Inquisitorial Divide“, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 71, Issue 2, Summer 2023, Pages 296–327, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad022]

[Editor’s note: This is the first of four posts from a mini symposium on Amalia Kessler’s article “Toward an Account of the Nineteenth-Century Emergence of the Comparative Accusatorial/Inquisitorial Divide“, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 71, Issue 2, Summer 2023, Pages 296–327, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad022]

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[Editor’s note: this is the second of two posts featuring the book Constitutional Crowdsourcing by Antony Abat Ninet, (Edward Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2021)]

One of the main arguments that the book focused on is the constants for “Rights and Freedoms” and the “State and Society” provisions are positive and statistically substantial for the former, showing that draft articles related to these two subjects were more likely to change based on public response.

[Editor’s note: this is the first of two posts featuring the book Constitutional Crowdsourcing by Antony Abat Ninet, (Edward Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2021)]

Constitutional Crowdsourcing: Democratizing Original and Derived Constituent Power in the Network Society by Antoni Abat Ninet, provides empirical evidence from online citizen feedback within various constitution(s).

The French Yearbook of Public Law, FYPL,,is published in English, once a year and is accessible free of charge online: https://fypl.fr Its Steering Committee is made up of Jean-Bernard Auby (Professor Emeritus, Science Po Paris), Philippe Cossalter (Professor at Saarland University), Giacinto della Cananea (Professor at Bocconi University, Milan) and Prof.

The conventional premise for embracing law in the context of economic reform calls for a modern legal system as a prerequisite for economic development. The premise suggests that economic exchange between unfamiliar parties requires reliable and uniformly applicable norms and institutions, to protect the rights of economic participants and provide credible commitments for growth (secure contracts and property rights, specifically).