Poland's Anti-Constitutional Backslide

Moderator: Michelle Egan, Professor and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, School of International Service, American University

Author: Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor of Jurisprudence, The University of Sydney & Visiting Professor of law, Yale Law School

Speakers: Herman Schwartz, Professor of Law Emeritus, American University Washington College of Law Mark Graber, Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Francesca Bignami, Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law
School Nuno Garoupa, Professor of Law, Scalia Law School George Mason University

Wojciech Sadurski’s new book Poland's Constitutional Breakdown is the first book-length case study on the Polish situation and critique on illiberal democracy. The book provides a lens to view the global shift away from liberal democracy and towards populism and anti-constitutional actions.

This event is the first workshop of CLIW that is the Comparative Law Initiative in Washington D.C. hosted by AU WCL, GW and George Mason Law Schools, with sponsorship by the Global Forum on Law Justice and Development.

Registration is free but required

To register, please visit the website http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration