aidc.org PROGRAMME SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 2010

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1 International Association of Constitutional Law Constitutions and principles VIIIth World Congress of the IACL Mexico City, 5 10 December 2010 Hyatt Hotel, Mexico City aidc.org PROGRAMME SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER Meeting of the Executive Committee of the IACL Welcome reception MONDAY 6 DECEMBER :50 Registration of participants 11:00 Opening session

2 2 Representative of organising committee President of the IACL President of the IACL programme commission Lunch 15:00 17:30 Plenary Session 1: Philosophical perspectives on principles in constitutional law Principles increasingly have a prominent place in constitutional law and constitutional discourse. Principles can be defined at a very abstract level but also applied in a very specific context. Often principles are referred to as norms that are valid within a normative system as a whole, rather than characterized by a specific scope of application. Hence, they can be identified in all normative systems, including in law, morality, theology etc. How can principles be distinguished from other types of norms, or from empirical statements that are relevant for the application of norms? What is the relationship between principles, values, rules, policies and facts? What can lawyers learn from philosophers about the nature of principles and the methods of resolving conflicts or tensions between them? Chair: Carla Huerta Instituto de Investigaciones Juridícas de la UNAM Panellists: Leslie Green Balliol College, Oxford University Michel Troper Université Paris X Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense Ulrich Preuss Freie Universität Berlin Bruce Ackerman Yale Law School Morning session 9:30 13:00 Pause café 11:00 11:30 WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 7 DECEMBER 2010

3 3 1. Electoral systems and constitutional principles Manuel Gonzalez Oropeza Christina Murray University of Cape Town Nadia Bernoussi Ecole Nationale d'administration, Rabat 2. Media and Constitutional Principles Cesare Pinelli Università di Roma La Sapienza Yasuo Hasebe University of Tokyo 3. Proportionality as a Principle Dawn Oliver University College, London Bertrand Mathieu Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne 4. Divided societies and constitutional principles Iain Currie University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Rohan Edrisinha Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka Thomas Fleiner Université de Fribourg, La Suisse. 5. Subnational constitutions Mo Jihong Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Robert Williams Rutgers University School of Law Francis Delpérée Université catholique de Louvain

4 4 6. The rule of law in the age of terrorism Martin Scheinin European University Institute Suzi Navot Collège de droit, Rishon Letsyon Lunch Afternoon session 14:00 17:00 Plenary session II: Constitutional law and the generation and use of principles How do principles operate within constitutional law? What is the role of principles in diverse legal traditions such as common law, civil law, customary and other legal traditions? What is the notion and role of 'the people' in the creation, modification and overriding of constitutional principles? Chair : Cheryl Saunders University of Melbourne Panellists: Michel Rosenfeld Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York Diego Valadés Yu Xingzhong Chinese University of Hong Kong Victor Ferreres Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) Armin von Bogdandy Max Planck Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht Morning session 9:30 13:00 WEDNESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2010

5 5 Pause café 11:00 11:30 Workshops 7. Old authoritarian constitutions and new democratic systems Slobodan Milacic Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV Ana Laura Magaloni Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico 8. Is Federalism a Constitutional Principle? Vicki Jackson Georgetown University School of Law Olivier Beaud Université de Paris II Panthéon Assas José Maria Serna 9. Constitutional Principles and transition Chairs: Javier Couso Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago Lech Garlicki Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 10. Multiculturalism and indigenous peoples rights Menaka Guruswamy Advocate, New Delhi Ghislain Otis Université d'ottawa Francisco Ibarra Palafox 11. Religion and the State Chairs: Susanna Mancini Università di Bologna Heléne Ruiz Fabri (* tbc)

6 6 Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne 12. Foreign law: jurisprudence fertilization Tania Groppi University of Siena Marie Claire Ponthoreau Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV Lunch Afternoon session 14:00 17:00 MEETINGS OF RESEARCH GROUPS AND REGIONAL GROUPS European Network of Constitutional Lawyers Workshop on Values in the jurisprudence of the constitutional courts of central and eastern Europe Chairs: Rainer Arnold University of Regensburg Evgenyj Tanchev Constitutional Court of Bulgaria 16:00 Meeting of the Council of the IACL Morning session 9:30 13:00 Pause café 11:00 11:30 Plenary Sesssion III Principles: universal, particular? THURSDAY 9 DECEMBER 2010 To what extent do constitutional principles make a claim of universality, in time and space? Can constitutional principles with presumed universal validity be identified with universal human

7 7 rights and peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens)? Can principles be absolute? Are principles converging or diverging? Do universal principles provide a solution to the challenges of particularism and legal pluralism in multicultural societies? Chair : Claude Klein Hebrew University, Jerusalem Panellists : Ayelet Shachar University of Toronto Sandy Liebenberg Stellenbosch University Pratap Mehta Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi Slim Laghmani Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Politiques et Sociales de Tunis Lunch Afternoon session 14:00 17:00 Workshops 13. New trends in Latin American Constitutional Law Miguel Carbonnell Giuseppe de Vergottini (* tbc) Università di Bologna Marcelo Figueiredo Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 14. Indivisibility of human rights Julia Iliopoulos Strangas (* à confirmer) University of Athens Cho Byung Yoon Myongji University, Seoul

8 8 15. The impact of international law on constitutional principles Chairs: Raul Pangalangan University of the Philippines Ibrahim Kaboğlu University of Marmara 16. The principle of separation of powers reviewed Charles Fombad University of Pretoria Eivind Smith University of Oslo Antonio Hernández National University of Cordóba 17. How comparative is comparative constitutional law? Ran Hirschl University of Toronto Constance Grewe University of Strasbourg 18. Constitutional implications of regional integration tbc Morning session 9:30 13:00 Pause café 11:00 11:30 Plenary session IV Constitutional Principles and the Judge FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER 2010 To compare deductive traditions of deriving supra or meta constitutional principles from the values behind or above the written Constitution with inductive traditions of identifying common principles in individual cases and gradually recognizing their constitutional nature. Do courts

9 9 refer to principles? Is there commonality in the judicial use of principles, or can we develop a typology of clearly distinct ways of referring to principles? What are the constitutional principles most often referred to by judges? What is the degree of cross fertilization between legal systems when referring to principles? Chair : Andras Sajo Judge of the European Court of Human Rights Panellists : Jose Ramon Cossio Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico Aharon Barak Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel Jutta Limbach Former President of the German Federal Constitutional Court Babacar Kanté Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Senegal Sian Elias Chief Justice of New Zealand Guy Canivet Membre du Conseil Constitutionnel de la République Française Closing Session Chair: Héctor Fix Fierro Speakers: President of the IACL Secretary General of the IACL Organiser of the next World Congress