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Constitutional Change in France and the United Kingdom
Constitutional Change in France and the UK
Organised by the Franco-British Lawyers Society Limited & the Franco-British Council
27 June 2009, Maison Française d'Oxford
9.00 to 9.30 Registration.
9.30 to 10.00 Opening: L. Borot, G. Canivet, and Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
10.00 to 13.00 Adapting Old Ideas. The Nation-State, Sovereignty and its Accessories
Chair: G. Canivet
10.00 to 11.00 Session 1: Sovereignty and the Constitution
P. Brunet, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-La-Défense, UFR Droit et Science Politique, Centre de Théorie du droit
V. Bogdanor, Brasenose College, Oxford University
11.00 to 11.30 Session 2: Topical Issues
V. Rangarajan, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice
P. Richard, MC USTV, Faculté de droit
12.00 to 13.00 Session 3: The Question of the Central State and its Peripheries (form of state, unitary, decentralization, devolution, Jacobinism)
A. O'Neill, QC (Scotland)
W. Roddick, QC (Wales)
F. Rueda, Université de Toulouse 1, Pôle Midi-Pyrénées de l'Observatoire National de la Décentralisation (France)
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14.00 to 17.00 Considering New Demands. Citizens, Rights and the Future
Chair : Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
14.00 to 14.50 Session 1: A Republic, No Monarch; a Democracy, One Monarch: (the Question of the Heads of States)
D. Oliver, Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law, UCL
D. Marrani, School of Law, University of Essex
14.50 to 15.30 Session 2: Modifications/Revisions of the Constitution (frequency, substantial issues)
P. Richard, MC USTV, Faculté de droit
P. Leyland, London Metropolitan, Department of Law, Governance and International Relations
16.00 to 17.00 Session 3: Accountability, Control and Transparency Rule of Law, Human Rights and Etat de droit
J. Packer, University of Essex, Human Rights Centre
J. Arlettaz, MC UNSA, Faculté de droit et de Sciences Economiques
S. Aubry, IEP Aix/University of Essex
17.10 to 17.30 Conclusion
PLEASE REGISTER USING THE BOOKING FORM.
All queries should be directed to Gail Chapman, University of Essex School of Law email:gchap@essex.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1206 873484 Fax: +44 (0) 1206 873428
