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Past FLJS events

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.
March
24
2011
Constitution-Making in Two Stages
  Professor Janos Kis, Distinguished Global Professor, Department of Philosophy, New York University. This lecture discusses the structure of constitution-making in the context of negotiated transitions, with special attention to the incompleteness of the process in the case of Hungary and the extent to which that incompleteness contributed to the present constitutional crisis.
February
11
2011
The Role of Courts in a Democracy
In this public debate, chaired by Joshua Rozenberg, a panel of leading academics, judges, and policymakers will debate the role of courts in a democracy generally, and specifically, whether the American model of judicial supremacy is right or inevitable for the UK.
February
10
2011
The Role of Courts in a Democracy
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December
11
2010
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
9.00-17.00, Saturday, 11 December Workshop: Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
November
12
2010
Regulation of Financial Markets: An Evaluation
15.00-18.00, Friday, 12 November Wordsworth Room, St Hugh's College, Oxford
November
11
2010
The History of Modern Constitutionalism
17.30-19.00, Thursday, 11 November Examination Schools, High St, Oxford Professor Horst Dippel, Kassel University, Germany
October
2
2010
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
9.15-17.00, Saturday, 2nd October Board room, Ashmolean Museum
October
1
2010
Constitutions and the Classics: Hamilton and Adams
9.15-14.00, Friday 1st October Wolfson College, Oxford
July
7
2010
The Social Contract Revisited
9.30-12.30, Wednesday 7th July
July
2
2010
Constitutions and the Classics: Sieyes and de Maistre
9.30-12.30, Friday 2 July Queen's College, Oxford
June
28
2010
Summer School 2010
May
21
2010
The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions
9.30-4.30, Friday 21st May Wolfson College, Oxford
May
20
2010
Politicizing Law, Judicializing Politics: A Realist Approach to Comparative Constitutionalism
FLJS Annual Lecture in Law & Society, held in association with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
January
11
2010
Law, Courts, and Democracy
11-13 January 2010 Maroon Creek Club, Aspen, Colorado
December
8
2009
The Social Foundations of Constitutions: China, Hungary, Romania
  2-5 pm, 8 December The Buttery, Wolfson College, Oxford Speakers:
October
8
2009
The Social Contract in Hard Times
8-9 October Queen's College, Oxford Workshop: The Social Contract in Hard Times
October
7
2009
Black Swans and Elephants on the Move: How Emergencies Impact on the Welfare State
5.30 pm, 7 October Lecture Hall, Manor Road Building, Manor Rd, Oxford
July
9
2009
Constitutions and the American Classics: Madison and Jefferson
9 July 2009 James Madison's Republican Constitutionalism Mark A. Graber, Professor of Law and Government, University of Maryland  
June
28
2009
Summer School