global roundtable
5 DAYS • 5 CONTINENTS • 50 SPEAKERS
Welcome to the website for the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Global Roundtable ‘Democracy 2020: Assessing Constitutional Decay, Breakdown, and Renewal Worldwide’. Featuring 50 speakers from 5 continents, we are excited to present this landmark online event as a webinar series across 2 weeks, from 18-26 November 2020, and we hope that you can join us. You can navigate this site through the tabs at the top of the homepage. Don’t hesitate to contact us at:
IACL2020-Registration@unimelb.edu.au.
Professor Wojciech Sadurski University of Sydney, IACL Executive Committee
Associate Professor Tom Gerald Daly University of Melbourne, Director, DEM-DEC
Conveners
prof. adrienne stone
Welcome from the President
I am delighted to welcome you all to this Global Roundtable Webinar Series ‘Assessing Constitutional Decay, Breakdown and Renewal’. The pandemic has prevented me welcoming you all to Melbourne, as I had hoped but I am so pleased that the convenors, Tom Daly and Wojciech Sadurski, were undeterred by the crisis and so imaginative in response.
The webinar series will enable a rich and diverse set of papers from scholars from all parts of the globe to be presented over five days. The International Association of Constitutional Law is proud that this event is an IACL Roundtable, part of our regular program of global events. It is just the kind of event that promotes the IACL’s aims to develop a global network of constitutionalists and to provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge.
I would also like to acknowledge IACL’s partners and in particular those who have generously provided funding for the event: the Melbourne School of Government and the Australian Research Council through the Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law at Melbourne Law School.
Professor Adrienne Stone University of Melbourne
President of the IACL
Watch the Introductory Videos
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Schedule of Events
Our
Aim
At the end of what has been an acutely challenging year for democracy, this Roundtable aims to provide a moment to pause and reflect, not only on 2020, but to look back on the past 10 years, and contemplate the future. To take the long view, from a truly global perspective. The Roundtable will consist of nine webinars, devoted to an array of themes including global and regional overviews, understudied countries, key actors like courts, parliaments and parties, and possible remedies and renewal of our democratic and constitutional systems. There will be 50 speakers in total, from across the world, for an inclusive conversation involving both established and emerging scholars and practitioners.
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THANK YOU TO OUR
Sponsors
& Partners
This Roundtable could not take place without the generous support of the Laureate Program in Comparative Law at Melbourne Law School, which is funded by the Australian Research Council, as well as support from the Melbourne School of Government at University of Melbourne. The University of Melbourne has also provided additional logistical support including hosting registration.
We are also pleased to collaborate with the following three partners:
• Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) • IACL-AIDC Blog • Constitution Transformation Network (ConTransNet)
LAUREATE PROGRAM
The Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law, led by Professor Adrienne Stone at Melbourne Law School, is funded by the Australian Research Council's Laureate Fellowship scheme from 2016 to 2021.
democratic decay & renewal (dem-dec)
DEM-DEC is is an online resource designed to assist researchers and policymakers focused on the deterioration and re-invigoration of democratic rule worldwide – and to help them work together.
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
The Melbourne School of Government harnesses the University of Melbourne's resources to deliver world class teaching, policy research and engagement programs, including the ‘Renewing Democracy’ project.
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IACL-AIDC BLOG
The IACL-AIDC Blog is the official blog of the International Association of Constitutional Law, and is one of the leading blogs in public law worldwide, publishing twice a week.
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THE IACL
Our Association
The International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) was established in 1981 to provide a forum for constitutionalists worldwide to share knowledge and to bridge geopolitical divides. Our mission is even more relevant today.
“Tenter de surmonter la crise protéiforme du système de démocratie libérale implique de ne pas s’enfermer dans une posture idéologique mais d’en analyser les causes.”
Attempting to overcome the protean crisis of liberal democracy implies not locking oneself in an ideological posture but analyzing the causes.”
