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...
Tag: <span>TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM</span>
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...
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...
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)
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...
AFTER DEMOCRACY: NEW CHALLENGES IN GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Recent events have shown mature democracies beset by threats to constitutionalism and human rights. This panel brings global and comparative perspectives to bear on this phenomenon. Along with internationally prominent events like the United Kingdom‘s decision to leave the European Union, this panel examines new challenges facing societies that tend to be less frequently discussed...
THE FORMS AND LIMITS OF CONSTITUTIONAL LEGITIMACY
Constitutional legitimacy and how that legitimacy empowers and limits constitutional actors and institutions has become increasingly important. After the wave of constitution making and innovation constitutional developments in the 1990s there has been a regression in liberal constitutionalism and rule of law across the globe. This panel will explore several topics concerning the nature of...
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL PLURALISM
Constitutional monism and legal monism – the idea that there is a clear hierarchy of institutions and rules within a constitutional or legal order – have proved to be inadequate theories for conceptualizing contemporary constitutional and legal orders. This panel explores pluralism, an alternative to monism, from the descriptive, normative and explanatory angles. It examines...