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EVENTS

Constitutional Change in France and the UK Colloquium and Gala Dinner

Date: 27th June 2009

Time: Not specified

Venue: Not available

Event Details

PROGRAMME

Theme 1: Adapting Old Ideas

-The Nation-State, sovereignty and its accessories
-The problem of support (Legitimacy, the political system, Bi partisan,…)
-The question of the central state and its peripheries (Form of state, unitary, decentralisation, devolution, jacobinism)
-Modifications/revisions of the Constitution (frequency, substantial issues)

Theme 2: Considering New Demands

-Citizens, rights and the future
-Accountability, control and transparency
-The rule of law, Human Rights and l'Etat de droit
-A republic, no monarch; a democracy, one monarch: (issues about the head of state)
-Applying the constitution. Constitutions and the judiciary

Sollicitors and barristers may claim CPD hours through attendance at this event.


Please register your interest in attending this event by contacting Gail Chapman
Email:gchap@essex.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1206 873484 Fax: +44 (0) 1206 873428

 
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