Constitutions in the Crosshairs: Europe in 2018 – William and Mary Law School
Event organized by Prof. Christie Warren, supporter of the ConstPol WG and head of the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peace-building
January 25, 2018 — 3:30pm – 6pm
“Europe, as a distinct political and economic body as well as a collection of separate states, is facing constitutional challenges from within and without. Brexit, Catalonia, Poland, Hungary and Romania – as well as events within the European Union itself – all present challenges to European principles of constitutionalism.
Please join three notable European scholars as they discuss Europe’s current constitutional crossroads. The panel is co-sponsored by the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and the European University Institute. Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend”.
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Speaker Biographies
Joseph H. H. Weiler Joseph Straus Professor of Law and European Union Jean Monnet Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice New York University Law School Former President, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Professor Joseph Weiler, one of the foremost scholars on European Union constitutional issues, served as a member of the Committee of Jurists of the Institutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, co-drafting the European Parliament’s Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms and Parliament’s input to the Maastricht Inter-intergovernmental Conference. Professor Weiler is a recognized international expert on issues of European integration, globalization and democracy. He is the author of numerous articles and books in the fields of international, comparative, and European law and previously served as the President of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and as an independent member of the Governance Council for FIFA.
José M. de Areilza Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair, ESADE, Ramón Llull University, BarcelonaJean Monnet Visiting Professor, William & Mary Law School; Secretary General, Aspen Institute España
Professor de Areilza has written extensively about European integration, EU decision making and institutional reform. He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and a Senior Research Fellow at Elcano Royal Institute. In 2016 he was appointed Academy Adjunct Faculty at the Royal Institute of International Affairs – Chatham House, London. He serves as the Chairman of the British-Spanish Tertulias and formerly served as Advisor to the Spanish Prime Minister on European and North American Affairs.
Elena Brodeala, a Ph.D candidate at the European University Institute in Florence and LL.M. candidate at Yale Law School, focuses on constitutional developments in the field of gender equality in Romania. She served as Founder of the Constitutionalism and Politics Working Group at the European University Institute and as a visiting researcher at the Central European University in Budapest.