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ICL Journal

Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law

ISSN: 1995-5855

Editors-in-chief: Christoph Bezemek, Harald Eberhard, Claudia Fuchs

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The Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law (ICL Journal) is dedicated to the advancement of legal knowledge in the field of International Constitutional Law. Advised by a body of distinguished jurists the Journal publishes high-standard peer-reviewed contributions by scholars and legal professionals from around the globe. 　

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European Constitutional Law
Public International Law
Constitutionalization of International Law
Internationalization of Constitutional Law
Migration of Constitutional Ideas
Legal Theory
Comparative Constitutional Law

By linking these select perspectives the Journal endorses an approach towards a coherent understanding of International Constitutional Law, thus preparing the ground for novel answers to the challenges of a changing global legal framework. The Journal addresses the global scientific community, scholars and researchers in various disciplines working in the field of International Constitutional Law. Moreover, the Journal provides information on recent constitutional developments relevant to practitioners as well as academics, particularly by monitoring the case law of Constitutional Courts in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Research articles, notes & essays, reports, book reviews.

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The Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law (ICL Journal) was founded in 2007.

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Volume 17 Issue 4

December 2023

Publicly Available December 1, 2023

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Research Articles

Publicly Available November 27, 2023

A Non-Human Theory of Rights from Latin America

Christian Gonzalez Chacon

Page range: 357-402

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Abstract

This paper contributes to the ongoing construction of non-human rights. I will argue that international law should move towards the recognition of animals and nature as subjects of rights (positive and negative). I will propose to combine two paths that show ways out of the anthropocentrism of international human rights law. The first is the capabilities approach of Martha Nussbaum that, while remaining indebted to Rawlsian liberalism, can provide a framework for the protection of non-humans in human rights practice through an understanding of rights as basic capabilities to flourish. The second path is the Earth Constitutionalism and jurisprudence in Latin America. Heavily influenced by indigenous legal philosophies, Latin American jurisprudence highlights ways in which we could move beyond the thin social goods of liberalism and promote human rights as a harmonizer force that protects nature as having worth by itself. These approaches combined pave the way for a postliberal approach to rights in which we move from the rationality-autonomy-freedom justification of rights towards a capabilities-harmony-sustainability approach to rights.

November 27, 2023

The Domestication of International Law in African Settings: Seven Normative Options in Ghana

Sena Dei-Tutu, Raymond A Atuguba

Page range: 403-431

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In this article, we explore seven ways in which Ghana absorbs principles of International Law into her bosom. The safest mechanism Ghana has utilised over the years for this purpose has been the domestic ratification of international conventions through the mechanism of a law passed by her Parliament. Another mechanism is the ratification of such conventions by the passage of a Resolution by her Parliament. Furthermore, existing principles of Ghanaian law may coincide with principles of International Law. Again, principles of Customary International Law are considered a part of the Common Law of Ghana. There are also instances where Domestic Law incorporates International Law by reference. A sixth mechanism is where there is a lacuna in Ghanaian law regarding a particular issue and government officials and judges resort to principles of International Law to fill that void. Finally, International Law may find expression in domestic Ghanaian law where judges, in the process of elaborating on domestic legal principles, call in the principles of International Law.

Notes and Essays

November 27, 2023

Anticorruption, Privacy, and (Gay) Family – The CJEU Rules on Financial Disclosure of Public Officials (C-184/20)

Tilman Hoppe

Page range: 433-446

Abstract

The recent corruption scandal in Brussels has put the spotlight back on integrity measures for public officials. The obligation of public officials to publicly disclose their finances and interests is one important cornerstone in this regard. This disclosure obligation exists in most European Union Member States and also on the level of the European Union itself. A new decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union of August 2022 props up financial disclosure with legal certainty. At the same time, it draws some technical limits on the outer borders of particularly far-reaching disclosure systems. This case note explores answers to the following three questions: What are the ramifications of this decision? Will the decision affect the effectiveness of financial disclosure? What reform steps will countries have to put in place to comply with this decision?

Volume 17 (2023)

Volume 16 (2022)

Volume 15 (2021)

Volume 14 (2020)

Volume 13 (2019)

Volume 12 (2018)

Volume 11 (2017)

Volume 10 (2016)

Volume 9 (2015)

Volume 8 (2014)

Volume 7 (2013)

Volume 6 (2012)

Volume 5 (2011)

Volume 4 (2010)

Volume 3 (2009)

Volume 2 (2008)

Volume 1 (2007)

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5-year Journal Impact Factor	0.3	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
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Editorial

Editors-in-Chief
Harald Eberhard, University of Vienna, Austria
Claudia Fuchs, WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Corresponding Editors

Liu Han, Beijing
Antonios Kouroutakis, Madrid
Bertil Emrah Oder, Istanbul
Jaime Olaiz, Mexico City
Yaniv Roznai, Herzliya

Managing Editors
Maximilian Kallinger - WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Sarah Werderitsch - University of Vienna, Austria

Board of Advisors
Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School, USA
Marco de Benito Llopis-Llombart, IE Law School, Segovia Campus, Spain
Brigitte Bierlein, former President of the Austrian Constitutional Court, Austria
Scott Brewer, Harvard Law School, USA
Margit Cohn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Surya Deva, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Akiko Ejima, Meiji University Law School, Japan
Anna Gamper, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Christoph Grabenwarter, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; President of the Austrian Constitutional Court
Gregor Heißl, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Michael Holoubek, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Member of the Austrian Constitutional Court
Gerhart Holzinger, Former President of the Austrian Constitutional Court, Austria
Claudia Kahr, Member of the Austrian Constitutional Court, Austria
Uwe Kischel, University of Greifswald, Germany
Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, Member of the European Court of Human Rights, France
Georg Lienbacher, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Member of the Austrian Constitutional Court
Konrad Lachmayer, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna
Martin Loughlin, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Fabrizio Marrella, University 'Ca´ Foscari' of Venice, Italy
Russell A. Miller, Washington and Lee University School of Law, USA
Thomas Müller, University of Innsbruck
Bertil Emrah Oder, Koç University Law School, Istanbul, Turkey
Theo Öhlinger, University of Vienna, Austria
Jaime Olaiz Gonzalez, Universidad Panamericana Law School, Mexico City, Mexico
Anne Peters, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
Otto Pfersmann, Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Flavia Piovesan, University of São Paolo, Brasil
August Reinisch, University of Vienna, Austria
Pablo Riberi, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Spain
Cheryl Saunders, Melbourne Law School, Australia
Kirsten Schmalenbach, University of Salzburg, Austria
Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia School of Law, USA
Eva Schulev-Steindl, University of Graz, Austria
Alexander Somek, University of Vienna, Austria
Manfred Stelzer, University of Vienna, Austria
Bea Verschraegen, University of Vienna, Austria
Bernd Wieser, University of Graz, Austria
Guobin Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law, Hong Kong

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Online ISSN: 1995-5855
Print ISSN: 2306-3734
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 2017
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year
Audience: The Journal addresses the global scientific community, scholars and researchers in various disciplines working in the field of International Constitutional Law.