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Welcome to the website of the IACL Research Group on Constitutional Interpretation. The group was established in 2019 with the aim of promoting academic discourse on constitutional interpretation. We encourage our readers to submit blog posts, news, calls for applications, etc. related to the topic. We also welcome the presentation of volumes on constitutional interpretation or open access publications. Our editorial focus is on strengthening links between scholars and disseminating scientific achievements in line with the values of modern, 21st century constitutional democracies.

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A new book on populist challenges to constitutional interpretation

As part of the Routledge series on Comparative Constitutional Change, a new book on Populist Challenges to Constitutional Interpretation in Europe and Beyondco-edited by Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz and Zoltán Szente has just been published. This book explores the relationship between populism or populist regimes and constitutional interpretation used in those regimes. The volume discusses the question of whether contemporary populist governments and movements have developed, or encouraged new and specific constitutional theories, doctrines and methods of interpretation, or whether their constitutional and other high courts continue to use the old, traditional interpretative tools in constitutional adjudication.