The world’s largest and leading learned society for all areas of public law—administrative law, constitutional law, international law, and far beyond.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PUBLIC LAW
A GLOBAL CONNECTION
Memberships
Membership in ICON•S is more than an association with a world-class learned society. Membership makes you a partner in defending the values of public law all around the world. Membership also opens the way to connection and collaboration with thousands of other members in every region of the world. It also entitles you to take part in the Annual Conference, to vote in the Council elections, and to join activities organized for members.
Join us today to show your support for the mission of ICON•S.
THE EVENT OF THE YEAR
Annual Conference
The Annual Conference forms a core pillar of ICON•S activities. It offers a stimulating, inspirational, and welcoming forum for the global community of public law scholars, judges, and practitioners to gather, exchange ideas, and build collaborations. Recent conferences have brought together as many as 2,300 participants from around the world, with plenary events, parallel panels, and social events that make the world of public law more global, more inclusive, and more connected.
Annual Conference
The 2027 ICON•S Annual Conference
Global Trajectories of Public Law: Endurance and Contestation
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
30 June to 2 July 2027
Details of the call for submissions are available on the Call for Submissions page. Follow ICON•S on social media for further news about the conference.
NETWORK & COLLABORATE
Chapters
The ICON•S family includes a wide range of national and regional chapters as well as interest groups. National and regional chapters foster scholarly collaboration and networking within specific regions or countries in furtherance of the ICON•S mission. Our chapters exist or are currently in formation in every region of the world. We welcome expressions of interest in creating new chapters, whether national or regional.
Interest Groups
Interest groups are structured around specific themes or challenges in public law. They are oriented toward sustained collaboration, for instance, joint research projects or publications, among ICON•S members from different nations or regions. Our interest groups span all areas of public law. We are eager to support the creation of new interest groups.