Abstract:
This workshop will revisit the question of the horizontal effect of constitutional rights in the time of climate change, pervasive political populism and digital social media platforms. It will pivot on the discussion of papers presented by Joel Bakan (University of British Columbia), Richard Mailey (University of Alberta), Gautam Bhatia (Jindal Global Law School, New Delhi and Oliver Gerstenberg (University College London UCL). Assigned discussants of the papers will be Frank Michelman (Harvard University), Mark Tushnet (Harvard University) Stephen Gardbaum (Berkely University) and Adreas Kulick (University of Mainz).
Programme:
Wednesday Afternoon
14:00 Presentation Bakan (30 mins)
14:30 Discussion Tushnet (15 to 20 mins)
14:50 Open discussion (30 mins)
15:20 Short Break (+/- 10 minutes)
15:30 Presentation Gerstenberg (30 mins)
16:00 Discussion Michelman (15 to 20 minutes)
16:20 Open discussion (30 minutes)
17:50 Longer Break (+/-20 minutes)
18:10 Presentation Mailey (30 minutes)
18:40 Discussion Gardbaum (15 to 20 minutes)
19:00 Open Discussion
Thursday Morning
10:00 Presentation Bhatia (30 minutes)
10:30 Discussion Kulick (15 to 20 minutes)
10:50 Open discussion (30 minutes)
11: 20 Short Break
11:30 Round table reflections
13:00 End of workshop
Venue :
University of Luxembourg
Campus Kirchberg - Weicker Building
Room A101 (first floor)
4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
Language :
English
This conference is FREE. Registration is required.
