‘You are not alone’ - Judges, Academics, and Politicians at the 5th Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice

‘You are not alone’ - Judges, Academics, and Politicians at the 5th Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice Steuer, Max Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7638-5865 Text xx# 2022 Verfassungsblog 2022-10-13 eng For those who read last week’s news in constitutional justice, it would have been easy to miss the Fifth Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (WCCJ) on the theme ‘Constitutional Justice and Peace’ that was organized in Indonesia five years after the previous edition held in Lithuania. While featured on the Venice Commission’s website, the Congress was no prominent news in constitutionalist platforms, despite bringing together judges from 94 countries, many of whom are prominent academics in their respective jurisdictions, or even internationally. As this congress shows, constitutional courts can engage with academics, and are well positioned to do so, given they often contain judges with academic careers and experience. Such engagement might empower both institutions to respond to global autocratization more effectively. CC BY-SA 4.0 Steuer, Max constitutional court judges Indonesia Legal Academia Venice Commission World Conference on Constitutional Justice 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/you-are-not-alone/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20221013-230611-0 221013 10.17176/20221013-230611-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)