Constitutions: How They Change and Evolve through Institutional Practice
May 5th, 2015
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Multidisciplinary Research Workshop
8 May 2015, 14:00-16:00
Seminar Room 2
Abstract:
What role do Constitutions play in national and supranational polities? How do they evolve over time? This workshop aims to discuss issues like the legitimacy of constitutional amendments and their limits, the actors who drive constitutional change, the constitutional nature of conventions, the relationship between politics and Constitutions and the actual functioning of institutions despite formal rules, within a comparative and EU perspective.
Speakers: Richard Albert (Boston College Law School) and former MW Fellow Thomas Beukers (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and EUI Law Department)
Organizer: Cristina Fasone (LAW)
Programme (PDF)