WCL Co-Hosts International Association of Law Schools Conference on Constitutional Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 8, 2009 – American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is co-hosting the International Association of Law Schools (IALS) Conference on Constitutional Law with Georgetown University Law Center this weekend. WCL will host the first day of the conference Friday, Sept. 11, and Georgetown will host on Saturday. More than 100 constitutional law professors are expected to attend.
“We are proud to host the IALS conference which will bring together such a remarkable group of internationally renowned constitutional law experts,” said Dean Claudio Grossman. “Their depth of expertise and the diverse array of topics to be discussed will create an historic program.”
WCL Professors Jamin Raskin, and Herman Schwartz are among the conference presenters. Raskin will present during a plenary session on Religion, State, and the Constitution, and Schwartz will participate in a Comparative Constitutional Law panel. Grossman will deliver opening remarks Friday morning.
When: Friday, September 11, 2009
9 A.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Where: American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20016, Room 603
Full Schedule:
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
9:00-9:15
Claudio Grossman, Dean, American University Washington College of Law
Welcome from IALS
Mónica Pinto, IALS President, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Introduction
Michel Rosenfeld, Yeshiva University, United States, Chair,
Planning Committee for IALS Conference on Constitutional Law
9:15-10:30
Plenary: Comparative Constitutional Law
Methodological Challenges in Comparative Constitutional Law
Vicki C. Jackson, Georgetown University, United States
Hybridization
John McEldowney, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Borrowing in Constitutional Making and Adjudicatio
Michel Rosenfeld, Yeshiva University, United States
Herman Schwartz, American University, United States
Moderator: Faridah Jalil, Universite Kebangsaan, Malaysia
10:30-10:45
Refreshment Break
1045 – 12:00
Small Groups
12:30-1:45
IALS Luncheon Sponsored by American University
Washington College of Law
Walter Dellinger, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, and Duke University School of Law, United States
2:00-3:30
Plenary: Religion, State and Constitution
Symbols and Representation
SusannaMancini, University of Bologna, Italy
Conflict Between Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression
Guy Haarscher, The Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Relationship Between State and Religion
Michel Troper, University of Paris X, France
Legislative Prayers and Judicial Sins
Jamin Raskin, American University, United States
Moderator: Faizan Mustafa, National Law University of Orissa, India
3:30-3:45
Refreshment Break
3:45-4:15
Concurrent Sessions:
Gender and Constitution
Reproductive Rights
Paola Bergallo, University of Buenos Aires and San Andrés University, Argentina
Gender and Constitutional Citizenship
Helen Irving, The University of Sydney, Australia
Mutliculturalism and Constitution
Beverley Baines, Queen's University, Canada
Moderator: Henk Botha, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Constitutional Adjudication and Democracy
Constitutional Role of Transnational Courts
Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University, USA
Democracy, Popular Sovereignty, and the Courts
Wessel le Roux, University of South Africa, South Africa
Moderator: John McEldowney, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
7:00 (Buses Depart)
IALS Reception/Dinner Sponsored by American University
Washington College of Law
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2009 at Georgetown University Law Center
9:00-10:30
Welcome from Host
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Plenary: Distributive Justice
Poverty
V.S. Elizabeth, National Law School of India University, India
Adjudicating Socio-economic Rights under a Transformative Constitution
LindaJansen van Rensburg, North-West University, South Africa
Moderator: Norman Dorsen, New York University, United States
10:30-10:45
Refreshment Break
10:45-11:45
Small Groups
11:45-1:30
IALS Luncheon Sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center
Mark Tushnet, Harvard University
2:00-3:15
Plenary: Contemporary Challenges to Executive Power
Emergency Powers
Carlos Rosenkrantz, San Andrés University, Argentina
Relationship Between Executive and Other Branches of Government
Richard Clayton QC, 39 Essex Street, London, United Kingdom
Moderator: Michel Rosenfeld, Yeshiva University, United States
3:15 -3:30
Refreshment Break
3:30-5:15
Plenary: Teaching
Susan H. Williams, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, USA
Henk Botha, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Moderator: Helen Irving, University of Sydney, Australia
7:00
Reception/Dinner Sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center
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