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About Top Court Talk

Top Court Talk is a column within The Court where expert correspondents report on recent developments at the top courts in their countries or jurisdictions. Each correspondent submits a twice-yearly report of about 1,000 to 1,500 words aimed for the most part at informing us of interesting or significant cases that their court has decided or changes that have occurred with respect to the court. (Reports may be in either English or French.)

Each reporting country or jurisdiction has a page where its correspondent’s submissions are accessible and where, as well, you can find information on the court in question and links to relevant supporting resources.

As of now we have enlisted 17 correspondents and continue to recruit others. If you believe you might like to become a correspondent, please let us know.

Current countries or jurisdictions and correspondents are as follows; correspondents’ names and the names of the courts are linked to appropriate websites wherever possible.

Country or jurisdiction	Correspondent	Court
Africa	Mosope Fagbongbe PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia	The African Commission on Human Rights
Australia	Andrew Lynch Senior Lecturer, and Deputy Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales	High Court
Chile	Domingo A. Lovera Parmo Diego Portales University Human Rights Center	Supreme Court
Chile	Nicolás Espejo Yaksic Professor of Law, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago	Supreme Court
China	Jiahong Yang Professor of Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing	Supreme Court
Denmark	Catharine Jacqueson Lecturer in European Union Law, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University, recently Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European and Comparative Law, Research Centre, St John’s College, Oxford	Supreme Court
Europe	Catherine Jacqueson Lecturer in European Union Law, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University, recently Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European and Comparative Law, Research Centre, St John’s College, Oxford	European Court of Justice
France	Stephane Cottin Head Librarian and Senior Registrar of the Conseil constitutionnel	Conseil constitutionnel; tribunal des conflits
Germany	Peer Zumbansen Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Martin Wilke Articling Student, Osgoode Hall Law School (2007)	Constitutional Court
Ghana	Robert Nii Arday Clegg Lawyer, Reindorf Chambers, Ghana	Supreme Court
Global	Sharon Williams Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School and an erstwhile Judge ad litem at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia	International Court of Justice
Global	Sharon Williams Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School and an erstwhile Judge ad litem at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia	International Criminal Court
Israel	Gidon Sapir Professor of Law at Bar-Ilan University	Supreme Court
Italy	Justin Frosini Lecturer in Public Law, Faculty of Economics of the “Luigi Bocconi” University, Milan; Adjunct Professor of Comparative Public Law & Director, Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, University of Bologna Sara Pennicino PhD candidate in Comparative Public Law at the University of Siena; teaching assistant of Public Law at the Faculty of Economics of the “Luigi Bocconi” University, Milan.	Constitutional Court
Japan	Shigeo Miyagawa Professor of Law, Waseda University Law School, Tokyo	Supreme Court
Kenya	Michael Murungi Barrister, and the Law Reporter for the Kenya Law Reports	Court of Appeal
New Zealand	Jack Hodder Barrister, Chapman Tripp, New Zealand
Russia	Darya Miloslavskaya Lawyer and Program Director for the Russian Civil Society Legal Support Program	Constitutional Court
South Africa	Pierre De Vos Professor of Law, University of Wester Cape, Cape Town	Constitutional Court
Spain	Luis Gordillo Perez Professor of Law, University of Deusto, Bilbao	Constitutional Court

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