Book Prize Nomination
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Tenth Annual Book Prize
ICON•S | The International Society of Public Law is pleased to open the Call for Nominations for its tenth Annual Book Prize.
The Book Prize will be awarded to the author(s) of a book or books published in 2025 and 2026 at the closing ceremony of the Society’s next global meeting, ICON•S 2027 in Taipei. The winner(s) will be selected by the Society’s Book Prize Committee, chaired by Joel Colón-Ríos and composed of Eleonora Bottini, Philipp Dann, Laura-Stella Enonchong, Sarah Murray, and Jeong-In Yun.
In line with the Society’s mission, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding book in the field of public law, understood as a field of knowledge that transcends dichotomies between national and international as well as between administrative and constitutional law. Preference will be given to scholarship which, in dealing with the challenges of public life and governance, combines elements from all of the above with a good dose of political theory and social science.
KEY DATES
15 December 2026
Nominations close
15 January 2027
Copies to reach the Committee
2 July 2027
Prize announced at the closing ceremony
Eligibility
English-language monographs on public law are eligible for nomination. The nominated book must be a first original edition published in 2025 or 2026; the relevant criterion is the official publication year as stated in the book’s front matter. Edited volumes, books nominated in previous editions of the Book Prize, and books written by members of the Society’s Executive Committee are not eligible.
Who may nominate
The following are invited to nominate books, up to five each:
- Members of the ICON•S Executive Committee
- Members of the ICON•S Council
- Groups of at least three ICON•S members
- Book review editors of academic journals
- Series editors of academic book series
- Scholarly publishers
Authors may not nominate their own books.
The Society especially welcomes nominations of scholarly works by scholars from groups underrepresented in public law academia.
Submitting a nomination
Nominations are submitted through Oxford Abstracts and must be received by 15 December 2026. Nominators will need to create an Oxford Abstracts account to submit a nomination.
Sending copies
Nominators must send, or arrange with the publisher to send, one hard copy and one PDF copy of the nominated title to each member of the Book Prize Committee by 15 January 2027. Postal addresses and instructions for sending PDF copies will be provided once the nomination has been received.
GET IN TOUCH
Questions, requests for clarification, and any difficulty in meeting these requirements should be directed to icons@icon-society.org.