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Past FLJS events

May
17
2012
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
The final workshop in this series will examine the constitutions of Lesotho and Eritrea, and provide a review of the programme, which culminates in the publication of a collected volume of essays next year.
April
20
2012
The Promise and Pitfalls of Federalism: Constitutional Development for the Twenty-First Century
The war in Iraq and the recent civil war in Libya raise persistent questions about how nations with deep religious, ethnic, racial, and/or regional cleavages can best forge democratic governance with a sustainable political system, rule of law, and fiscal stability.
April
19
2012
Europe on the Brink? Economic, Political, and Constitutional Issues
The panellists will present their insights into the ongoing instability in Europe and consider the implications for the future of the EU, before taking questions from the audience.
April
19
2012
The Russian Socio-Legal Tradition
This workshop will bring together historians in an attempt to throw light on what is known about socio-legal practices in imperial and Soviet Russia. It will move beyond traditional analyses of the political elite to examine the use of legal institutions in daily life, in order to better understand the roots of contemporary legal culture in Russia.  
February
24
2012
Constitutional Revolution and the Arab Spring
A new line of enquiry within the constitutions project aimed at examining case studies including Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, and others, where constitution-making follows revolution.
January
11
2012
The Evolution of International Norms & Norm Entrepreneurship
This one-day workshop will bring together officials and researchers working on the Council of Europe and international norms more generally to consider norm "€˜entrepreneurship"€™ and human rights.
December
8
2011
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
A workshop convened by Denis Galligan as part of our Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions Programme.
October
29
2011
The Consequences of Populism for Constitutions
A workshop convened by Denis Galligan and Daniel Smilov as part of our Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions Programme.
October
28
2011
The Hidden World of Consumer ADR: Redress and Behaviour
ADR is highly topical at EU level and within Member States, with the European Commission due to issue proposals in 2011 for a Framework Directive on ADR and a Regulation on a system for ODR.
October
12
2011
Risk Versus Hazard: Hypocrisy in Policy
Bringing together key actors across science, regulation, policy, and law, the discussion aims to shed light on the risk versus hazard debate, uncovering solutions to aid regulators, policymakers, and lawyers to develop more consistent, science-based regulations for Europe.
September
28
2011
How Do Constitutions Present the People?
Modern constitutions are said to be a declaration of the people as to how they want to be governed, and what controls they wish to have over government. Contemporary constitutions, whether democratic, authoritarian, or hybrid, have very similar provisions regarding the people.
September
28
2011
Constructing Legal Culture through Institutional Reforms: The Russian Experience
Focusing on the post-Communist transition in Russia, this workshop will examine to what extent institutional reforms can transform legal practices and change what people expect of  the law.
September
27
2011
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
Participants include: Binesh Hass, Cristina Parau, and Willem Witteveen.
July
8
2011
The Court of Public Opinion: Justice, the Media and Popular Will
This workshop investigates how the mass media shapes public opinion, and how this impacts on the opinion of judges and politicians. Judges, academics, journalists and policymakers convened to discuss topical questions raised by the interaction between the media, courts, and politicians, including the ongoing debate over superinjunctions and the fallout from the phone hacking scandal.
June
17
2011
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
  Participants included: Jeff King, Law Lecturer, Oxford University, Mila Versteeg, Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School and Neil Walker, Professor in Law, University of Edinburgh.
June
16
2011
Constitutions and the Media: How the Media Reports on Constitutional Affairs
  Participants Included: Monika Magyar, Media Lawyer, Budapest, Hungary, Nicole Stremlau, Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Cristian Vaccari, Assistant Professor in Political Communication, University of Bologna and Adam Bodnar, Doctor of Laws, University of Warsaw.
June
15
2011
Annual Lecture in Law and Society: The Indirect Origins of the Juridical Constitution
Oxford Professor of Socio-Legal Studies Denis Galligan follows previous speakers at the Annual Lecture in Law and Society, including Professor Cass Sunstein, Chief Justice of South Africa Pius Langa, and President of the Israeli Supreme Court Aharon Barak, to deliver the 2011 Annual Lecture on the indirect origins of the juridical constitution.
May
25
2011
Constitution as Contracts, Constitution as Charters
Professor Ginsburg argues that modern developments in contract theory provide numerous useful ideas that help us to understand the social and political foundations of constitutions as a positive matter. While contract theory may not explain all aspects of constitutions, it does a better job than the competing theories that have been offered to date by the critics.
April
14
2011
Who Regulates the Regulators? Issues of Accountability and Liability
This workshop assessed the responsibility of regulators to those who are affected by their actions and examined the remedies, legal and administrative, available to them. 
March
25
2011
Constitutions and Constitutionalism in Central and East Europe
The object of this workshop is to examine the last twenty years of constitutions and constitutionalism in central and East Europe, in particular, to consider, against the background of social and political circumstances, aspirations and expectations and achievements and disappointments.