Thursday, Janurary 11, 2024
Registration
12:00pm-12:50pm | Location: Atrium
Welcoming Remarks and Objectives
1:00pm-1:10pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Panel I – The Forces and Dynamics of Constitutional Reform
1:10pm-2:15pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- André Azevedo | Constitutional Change in the Constitutional History of Brazil and Chile
- Giulia Chinaglia | Constitutions and Conflictuality: A Theoretical and Comparative Insight
- Chelsea Guo | Eternity Clauses and Autocratic Legalism
Roundtable Discussion I
2:15pm-3:00pm | Location: Sheffield Room
How to Write a Book Proposal in Constitutional Studies
Richard Albert
The University of Texas at Austin
Break
3:00pm – 3:15pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Panel II – Constitution-Making
3:15pm-4:45pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Simon Ballesteros | Democratic Constitution-Making in Comparative Perspective
- Bruno Santos Cunha | Multi-Textuality by Amendment: The Brazilian Constitutional Practice
- Tanveer R. Jeewa | The Lifespan of an Inherited Constitution from the “Colonial Master”: An Argument for More Rigorous, Substantive Constitutional Amendments in Newly Independent Countries
- Hernán Gómez Yuri | Chile’s Constitutional Future
Panel III – Constitutional Legitimacy
4:45pm-5:50pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Paz Avila | Constitutional Legitimacy in a Land of Constitutional Change
- Ayaka Doyle | Theorizing Constitutional Legitimacy in the Context of Japan’s Post-War Constitutional Change
- Luciano Simonetti I. | Constitutional Legitimacy – A Conceptualization
Friday, January 12, 2024
Panel IV – Informal Constitutional Change
9:00am-10:05am | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Mathilde Ambrosi | Presidential Fidelity to the Constitution: A Path to Constitutional Mutation
- Garrett Jeffrey Jones | The Implied Powers Presidency: Emergency Power Origins and Limit
- Alexis Ramírez | A Theory of Informal Constitutional Norms: Mending the Gap Between Common Law and Civil Law Traditions
Book Launch
10:05am–10:30am | Location: Sheffield Room
The 2022 Global Review of Constitutional Law
Giulia De Rossi Andrade
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
Panel V – Defending Democracy
10:30am-11:15am | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Claire Adionyi & Mukami Wangai | Protecting Kenya’s Democracy
- Ignatius Yordan Nugraha | Domesticating the Sovereign: The People as a Constituted Power
Break
11:15am-11:30am | Location: Sheffield Room
Roundtable Discussion II
11:30am-12:30pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Constitutional Changes that Set the Table for “Quotidian Constitutional Reform”
Daniel Brinks
The University of Texas at Austin
Lunch
12:30pm-2:00pm | Location: Jamail Pavilion
Roundtable Discussion III
2:00pm-3:00pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Court-Driven Constitutional Change in Divided Societies
Ashley Moran
The University of Texas at Austin
Break
3:00pm-3:15pm | Location: Sheffield
Roundtable Discussion IV
3:15pm-4:15pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Reflections on the Endurance of Constitutions — 15 Years On
Zachary Elkins
The University of Texas at Austin
Break
4:15pm-4:30pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Book Launch
4:30pm-5:00pm | Location: Sheffield Room
The 2022 International Review of Constitutional Reform
Elisa Boaventura
University of Brasília
Maria Letícia Borges
University of Brasília
Bruno Cunha
Federal University of Pernambuco
Matheus Depieri
University of Cambridge
Júlia Frade
University of Brasília
David Sobreira
Christus University
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Panel VI – Constitutional Interpretation
9:30am-10:35am | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Tsung-Chun Chen | A Theoretical Analysis of the Tensions Between Popular Sovereignty and the Informal Constitutional Changes through Judicial Review
- Jakub Mirosław Sawicki | Do Not Let Us Mistake Necessary Evils for Good — The Adjudication of Dilatory Constitutional Compromises in Poland and Israel
- Cem Tecimer | The Multifarious Brown
Panel VII – Constitutional Rights
10:35am-11:20am | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Ilise Feitshans | The Dead Smelly Cat in the Middle of the Health Equity Table
- Júlia Frade | Reproductive Rights and Constitutional Amendment Proposals in Brazil
Break
11:20am-11:30am | Location: Sheffield
Panel VIII – Judicial Power
11:30am-12:35pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Shakhawat Hossain | Is Mere Constitutional Guarantee of Institutional Independence Enough to Maintain Judicial Independence in Bangladesh?
- Michal Kovalčík | Judicial Transparency — How Transparent Should Courts Be in a Different Political and Social Context?
- David Sobreira and Carlos Marden Coutinho | Taming Justice
Lunch
12:35pm-2:00pm | Location: Jamail Pavilion
Panel IX – Irregular Constitutional Reform
2:00pm-3:30pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Elisa Amorim Boaventura & Maria Letícia Borges | Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments and the “Balance of Powers” PEC in Brazil
- Nickson Oira | Abuse of Formal Constitutional Amendment Processes: Presidential Terms in Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda
- Jacqueline Sirois | A Retroactive Modification to Saskatchewan’s Constitution: Derailing Constitutional Amendments in Canada?
- Mokitimi Tšosane | Constitutional Retrogression and Abusive Clownstitutionalism in Lesotho Constitutional Reforms
Break
3:30pm-3:45pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Panel X – Constitutional Theory
3:45pm-4:50pm | Location: Sheffield Room
Chair: Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
- Lucas Bertolo | Constitutional Change as a Political Technique: Carl Schmitt’s Critique of the Technical-Bureaucratic Rationality
- Ahsan Yousaf Chaudhary | Unified Theory of Conflict and Constitution: An Introduction
- Mikołaj Wolanin | Omission of the Constitutional Mode of Adoption of the Law — An Attempt to Find Reasons for this Phenomenon on the Example of Poland