Politicizing Law, Judicializing Politics:
A Realist Approach to Comparative Constitutionalism
Prof. Ran Hirschl to deliver our Annual Lecture in Oxford on 20th May
We are pleased to announce that the FLJS Annual Lecture 2010 will be delivered by Professor Ran Hirschl of Toronto University.
His work has been described as 'pathbreaking, compelling, and
iconoclastic: destined to be a landmark in comparative legal and political
analysis'.
Professor Hirschl will explore the growing convergence
to constitutional supremacy and the corresponding
increase in the political importance of constitutional courts worldwide.
The lecture will chart the emergence of a realist approach that
draws on comparative research to provide a richer explanatory
account of the causal relationships between constitutional law and
various political, social, or economic phenomena.
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Latest Resources
A round-up of the latest resources from FLJS and affiliated institutions
- FLJS has recently published a collection of policy briefs and a report on our workshop, The Social Contract in Hard Times, examining the effect of current economic constraints on the welfare state. Read on
- The first working papers from our new 'Social Foundations of Constitutions' programme are now available to download.
- FLJS has collaborated with Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) to produce a report entitled Justice for Apartheid Crimes, which examines issues of corporate accountability and redress in post-Apartheid South Africa.
- Other recent resources available on the OTJR website include a podcast by Radovan Karadzic's
chief legal advisor, Peter Robinson, on the challenges of
defending high-profile suspects at the ICTY in the Hague.
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CSLS Conference on Risk Regulation
Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies host conference on 15-16 April
The Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies will host a conference on
15-16 April entitled 'Socializing
Economic Relationships: New Perspectives and Methods for Analysing
Transnational Risk Regulation'.
This SLSA-supported conference aims to stimulate debate amongst academics, business people, and policymakers to
identify innovative ways of regulating economic and social
risks.
Further
information and online booking can be found at the Conference Website.
FLJS will conduct its own analysis into the area
of market regulation in a workshop in November on
Markets, Regulation and the Role of the Courts.
Further details of all forthcoming events for 2010 are available at our
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