This panel aims to address how institutions and private individuals may or may not, through and alongside public law and democracy, mediate, neutralize and potentially resolve the identity struggles and security threats which occur at cultural heritage sites. Identity struggles and accompanying security issues surrounding cultural heritage are present in history and in our contemporary...
Category: <span>Session II</span>
DELIBERATIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM
This panel features several authors from a new 26-chapter edited collection The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Ron Levy, Hoi Kong Graeme Orr and Jeff King, eds). Deliberative democratic theory emphasises the importance of informed and reflective discussion and persuasion in political decision-making. The theory has important implications for constitutionalism – and vice-versa – as...
CONSTITUTIONALISM IN CONTEXT II
The papers on this panel, drawn from the forthcoming volume Constitutionalism in Context (CUP 2018), offer contextual and interdisciplinary perspectives on issues and jurisdictions at the cutting edge of the study of constitutionalism. Each chapter introduces the reader to a jurisdiction in a context-rich way, then proceeds to explore an emerging issue at length in...
“READER MEETS AUTHOR“ OF “DISCRIMINATION AS STIGMA“ BY IYIOLA SOLANKE. PART 1/2: THE UNITED STATES RESPONSE
“Meets Author Roundtable“ to discuss recently released book: “Discrimination as Stigma“ by Iyiola Solanke. Equality Law Scholars from diverse regions and perspectives will each address the comparative law approach to discrimination offered in the book and how it relates to their own region and research. The regions include: Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Brazil and...
REVISITING COURTS AS DEMOCRACY-BUILDERS (BOOK PANEL)
–CO-ORGANISERS: PROF. SUJIT CHOUDHRY & DR TOM GERALD DALY— 1. OBJECTIVES The panel will centre on discussion of themes in Tom Daly‘s recently published book ‘The Alchemists: Questioning Our Faith in Courts as Democracy-Builders‘, (Cambridge University Press)
SECESSIONISM WITHIN LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES
The political developments in Catalunya concerning its contested referendum and the (suspended) unilateral declaration of independence have reopened the debate on secessionism in Europe. The proposed panel aims at analysing the challenges that such movements pose both for the respective constitutional orders and the European edifice in general. López Bofill‘s paper argues that the prohibitions...
THE AUTHORITARIAN PUSHBACK AND THE RESILIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS – PART 1
More than a decade after the emergence of public law approaches to international institutions, such as Global Administrative Law, Global Constitutionalism, or International Public Authority, the international order has changed dramatically. The Trump administration and Brexit epitomize a growing trend against global governance. What had once been taken for granted – the proliferation of institutional...
CONSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS: A DISCUSSION OF ‘THE REDRESS OF LAW’
This panel addresses the issue of constitutional reflexivity in the age of austerity and market thinking by discussing the forthcoming monograph by Emilios Christodoulidis, “The Redress of Law. Constitutionalism and Markets“ (Cambridge University Press, 2018, forthcoming). Each of the four panelists will take up a specific chapter of the book and will discuss it from...
DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW IN ASIA (II)
Epic clashes between democracy and the rule of law now increasingly arise in many Asian jurisdictions. Indeed, these new battlegrounds have demonstrated a global reality: that these vastly important principles not only complement one other and help to sustain governments and nations, but also frequently converge, thus jeopardising such institutional arrangements. Recent events in East...
INTEROPERABILITY OF SECURITY EXECUTIVES
Bulk collection of data has over the years challenged the purpose limitation principle in the field of security. In the context of information gathering, processing and sharing, interoperable networks and agencies reveal the inadequacy of this approach but contains the seeds of how the limits can be overcome. Interoperability houses the potential to simplify the...