Richard Albert
@RichardAlbert
🌍 Professor of World Constitutions @UTAustin 📚 30+ books on constitutionalism and democracy 🎓 Alum @Yale @Harvard @UniofOxford
🧑🏽⚖️ 🇲🇽 A new book edited by Saúl López-Noriega and Javier Martín-Reyes examines the law, history, and politics of judicial elections in Mexico. Available in open access: eljuegodelacorte.nexos.com.mx/wp-content/upl…
🌍 August 1 is World Constitution Day, a global celebration of one of humanity's greatest inventions. How will you mark the day? Details: worldconstitutionday.org
🛡️ We need a “Democracy Shield”—a set of principles & practices—to protect constitutionalism from AI-related threats while harnessing the benefits of technology. Details in my new paper with @KevinTFrazier: "Should AI Write Your Constitution?" Full text: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
🎉 Thank you to @lsolum for "Highly" Recommending our new paper "Should AI Write Your Constitution?" A pleasure to co-author this paper with @KevinTFrazier. Full draft is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Comments welcome!
Albert & Frazier on AI Written Constitutions, buff.ly/SjCXVEC - Richard Albert (University of Texas at Austin - School of Law; University of Texas at Austin - Department of Government) & Kevin Frazier (The University of Texas School of Law) have posted Should AI Write…
"Highly recommended." Thanks for the read and review, @lsolum. lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/20…
📚 Coming soon, a new book from Stephen Skowronek: "The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilience," published by the University of Chicago Press. Details: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
🎙️ Can't get enough of @KevinTFrazier talking AI and law? Hear him with @RichardAlbert on the new episode of @brianlfrye's @IpseDixitPod. They discuss their new article, "Should AI Write Your Constitution?"
I just posed @IpseDixitPod #824, featuring @RichardAlbert & @KevinTFrazier of @UTexasLaw discussing their draft article "Should AI Write Your Constitution?" Highly recommended! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/epi…
Whether you’re a con law nerd or an AI wonk, this is a fun listen. Huge thanks to the one and only @brianlfrye for hosting @RichardAlbert and me on the @IpseDixitPod. Check out our paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
I just posed @IpseDixitPod #824, featuring @RichardAlbert & @KevinTFrazier of @UTexasLaw discussing their draft article "Should AI Write Your Constitution?" Highly recommended! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/epi…
I just posed @IpseDixitPod #824, featuring @RichardAlbert & @KevinTFrazier of @UTexasLaw discussing their draft article "Should AI Write Your Constitution?" Highly recommended! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/epi…
🌏 We conducted the first Global Survey of Constitutional Experts on Artificial Intelligence. 104 scholars from countries on every continent except Antarctica. More in my paper with @KevinTFrazier "Should AI Write Your Constitution?": papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
📜 Should AI Write Your Constitution? In my new paper with @KevinTFrazier, we answer YES with specific safeguards for popular sovereignty, sociological legitimacy, and participatory democracy. Comments welcome! Full draft: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… @elonmusk @tomginsburg
🏙️ Capital cities "are palimpsests of constitutional meaning," write @g_delledonne & @yleniacitino in their introduction to a symposium on how capitals shape national constitutional identity. Timely and fascinating. Full symposium: on-federalism.eu/articles/volum…
🙋🏾♂️ Do the people have a right to participate in constitution-making? Vivien Hart builds the case for Yes. Full text: usip.org/sites/default/…
📜 In tomorrow's edition of The Leaflet: 1. Where do law professors go to school? 2. A new Journal 3. Mark Tushnet Prize 4. Foreign citations in the US 5. Hail to the Chief 6. Meet Christina Bambrick 7. Two new books And more! Free subscription here: richardalbert.myflodesk.com/leaflet
📝 Nominations are invited for the Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law, to be awarded at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the AALS. 🤩 Details below. Questions welcome. Self-nominations allowed!
🗳️ Do you agree that referendums are a good way to decide important political questions? Answers from countries around the world. Source: Report of the Independent Commission on Referendums (2018)
📜 The most popular phrases in the preambles of the constitutions of the world. Source: Tom Ginsburg, Daniel Rockmore, and Nick Foti, "We the Peoples: The Global Origins of Constitutional Preambles," 46 George Washington International Law Review 305 (2014)
📜 New constitutions in democratic states, 1900-2015 Source: Gabriel Negretto, Constitution-Making and Liberal Democracy, ICON (2020)
🌏 Once upon a time, some countries did not have a constitution. Not anymore. Today, even authoritarian states that reject the values of constitutionalism have a constitution, if only for public relations purposes. Source for data below: Comparative Constitutions Project
📜 The first and only Constitution of Massachusetts was ratified 245 years ago this week, on June 15, 1780. It remains in force today, making it nine years older than the U.S. Constitution, which was enacted in 1789.
