Scopus-Call for Chapters: Constitutional Justice Across Global Jurisdictions, Proposals Submission Deadline: December 27, 2026

Introduction

Constitutional justice is shaped by the constitutional text, institutional design, legal traditions, and political context of each jurisdiction. This edited volume examines how constitutional justice operates across diverse national systems, moving beyond the assumption that constitutional review follows a single universal model. The book will bring together jurisdiction-specific studies of constitutional courts and equivalent review bodies, judicial authority, access to constitutional adjudication, constitutional interpretation, rights protection, constitutional litigation, and the implementation of constitutional judgments. Each chapter will provide a focused analysis of one national system while following a common analytical framework. This approach will enable readers to identify convergences, divergences, institutional strengths, procedural limitations, and emerging developments across different regions and constitutional traditions. By bringing together perspectives from civil law, common law, mixed legal systems, religious legal traditions, and emerging constitutional systems, the volume will offer a structured global account of constitutional justice in practice.

Objective

This book aims to: – Provide a rigorous comparative reference on constitutional justice across selected jurisdictions. – Examine the institutional structure, jurisdiction, and authority of constitutional courts and equivalent review bodies. – Analyze judicial approaches to constitutional interpretation and the protection of fundamental rights. – Assess procedures for constitutional litigation and access to constitutional adjudication. – Explore the legal, political, and institutional factors that influence compliance with constitutional judgments. – Examine the relationship between constitutional courts, legislatures, executives, and ordinary courts. – Highlight the influence of legal traditions and constitutional cultures on the development of constitutional justice. – Identify current challenges and emerging trends in constitutional review and constitutional adjudication. – Encourage further comparative research on constitutional justice across regions and legal systems. The book will contribute to current scholarship by addressing the limited geographical and institutional coverage found in much of the existing literature. Rather than concentrating on a small number of established constitutional courts or relying only on broad regional comparisons, it will provide a coherent collection of country-based studies using a shared comparative framework.

Target Audience

The book is intended for scholars and researchers working in constitutional law, comparative law, public law, human rights law, legal theory, judicial studies, and political institutions. It will also be valuable to: – Judges and members of constitutional and supreme courts. – Legal practitioners and constitutional litigators. – Researchers working in constitutional courts and judicial institutions. – Policymakers and public officials involved in constitutional governance. – Postgraduate and doctoral students. – Legal academics and university libraries. – International and regional organizations working on rule of law, human rights, and judicial reform. – Practitioners and researchers interested in comparative constitutional development. The volume will particularly benefit readers seeking a systematic understanding of how constitutional justice is designed, interpreted, accessed, and implemented in different national contexts.

Recommended Topics

Contributors are invited to submit chapter proposals addressing, but not limited to, the following topics: – Constitutional courts and equivalent constitutional review bodies. – Models of constitutional review. – Judicial review of legislation and executive action. – Constitutional adjudication and separation of powers. – The institutional independence of constitutional courts. – Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of constitutional judges. – Access to constitutional justice and standing requirements. – Individual constitutional complaints. – Preliminary constitutional references. – Constitutional litigation and procedural barriers. – Constitutional interpretation and judicial methodology. – Originalism, living constitutionalism, proportionality, and balancing. – Protection of fundamental rights and freedoms. – Constitutional remedies and enforcement mechanisms. – Compliance with and implementation of constitutional judgments. – The relationship between constitutional courts and ordinary courts. – Constitutional justice in federal, unitary, and decentralized systems. – Constitutional justice in civil law, common law, mixed, and religious legal traditions. – Constitutional courts and democratic governance. – Constitutional adjudication during states of emergency. – Constitutional justice and the protection of minorities. – Gender equality and constitutional adjudication. – Constitutional justice and socio-economic rights. – Digital rights, privacy, artificial intelligence, and constitutional review. – International law and comparative constitutional interpretation. – Regional human rights courts and national constitutional justice. – Constitutional justice in transitional and emerging democracies. – Public confidence, legitimacy, and the authority of constitutional courts. – Contemporary challenges facing constitutional justice.

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before December 27, 2026, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by January 10, 2027 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters of a minimum of 10,000 words (word count includes references and related readings) are expected to be submitted by March 21, 2027, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Constitutional Justice Across Global Jurisdictions. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery^® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference”, “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global Scientific Publishing specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2028.

Indexing Information for Prospective Authors

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Important Dates

December 27, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
January 10, 2027: Notification of Acceptance
March 21, 2027: Full Chapter Submission
May 2, 2027: Review Results Returned
May 30, 2027: Final Acceptance Notification
June 6, 2027: Final Chapter Submission

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