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FEATURED PANELS

As well as exhibiting DEM-DEC in the main hall, DEM-DEC Director is involved in 4 panels this year:

DEM-DEC’S QUICK GUIDE TO ICON-S

Finding it a challenge deciding what to attend at ICON-S this year? We’ve sifted through the programme - including no less than 213 panels - to find those related to democratic decay and renewal. Scroll down to view or download a PDF version of the Guide below.

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KEYNOTES AND PLENARY SESSIONS

MONDAY 1 JULY

12.30

Keynote Address:

Luis Barroso: 'Technological Revolution, Democratic Recession and Global Warming: The Limits of Law in a Changing World'

17.00-18.30

Plenary Session I:

‘Judiciary in Times of Change’

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY

12.40-14.10

Plenary Session III

'Public Law, Democratic Backsliding and the Erosion of Liberal Democracy'

CONCURRING PANELS

MONDAY 1 JULY

Panel Sessions I: 13.45-15.20

#1: 'Populism in Law, Politics, and Justice'

#2: 'Challenges to Democracy in Latin America'

#10: ‘Dialogues: building bridges to protect democracy and human rights’

#12: 'Sovereignty, constitution and democracy: tensions, contradictions and convergences in the 21st Century (Part A)'

#16: 'Brazilian Constitutionalism: challenges and perspectives

#20: 'Threats to Democracy'

#24: 'Corruption's Corrupting of Liberal Democracy'

#27: 'The demise of constitutional justice in Chile?'

Panel Sessions II: 15.25-17.00

#35: 'Sovereignty, constitution and democracy: tensions, contradictions and convergences in the 21st Century (Part B)'

#38: 'Current Constitutional and Political Challenges in Europe'

#40: 'The Practice of Constitutional Democracy'

#41: 'Problems in the Theory and Practice of Constitutional Democracy'

#50: 'Judicial independence in hard times'

#51: 'Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments and Abusive Constitutionalism in Latin America'

#59: 'Political Parties and the Constitution'

#61: 'Book Panel: NW Barber, The Principles of Constitutionalism (Oxford University Press, 2018)

#62: 'Transformative Constitutionalism and Constitutional Paternalism'

TUESDAY 2 JULY

Panel Sessions III: 08.20-09.55

#64: Author meets readers: How to Save a Constitutional Democracy (Tom Ginsburg)

#72: 'Comparative Election Law: Constructing Democratic Regimes'

#80: 'Constitutional Theory: New and Old Challenges'

#84: 'Courts Against or in Favor of Democratic Decay?'

#85: 'The People in Constitution-Making and -Changing'

#86: 'Constitutional Politics in Latin America'

#88: 'Democratic change or democratic dissolution? The Populist challenge to Liberal Constitutionalism'

Panel Sessions IV: 10.30-12.05

#94: 'The Institutions of Constitutional Democracy'

#97: 'Liberalism, Authoritarianism and the Tasks of Constitutional Theory: Making Sovereignty Popular Again?'

#98: 'Transformative constitutionalism in Latin America: challenges in dark times'

#103: 'Latin American constitutional reforms and constituent process in times of populism'

#104: 'Constitutional Change and Democracy in Latin America'

#105: 'Constitutional Experiments in Latin America: The Quest for Effective Constitutional Entrenchment Mechanisms – Part 2'

#106: 'The Random Selection of Rulers? Ideas for the Refoundation of Modern Democracy'

#107: 'Inequality, Instability and Constitutionalism'

#112: 'International Law and Human Rights'

#116: 'What doesn't kill it makes it stronger? The resilience of the Inter-American human rights system in an age of backlash'

#118: 'Courts Under Extreme Pressures'

#119: 'Global bust, African boom? Africa‘s march towards democracy and multilateralism'

#120: 'Constitutional Democracy in Europe

Panel Sessions V: 16.50-18.25

#122: 'The State of Constitutional Democracy: Observations'

#124: 'La justicia constitucional en tiempos de cambio en América Latina'

#126: 'The State of Constitutional Democracy: Directions'

#128: 'Frontiers of Law and Democratization'

#132: 'Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance in the Age of Trump'

#135: 'Populism and Decision-Making Process: Between Representative Bodies and Judicial Authorities'

#136: 'The rise of memory laws in times of contestation'

#137: 'Judicial Methodology and Decision-Making I'

#140: 'Constitutional Shocks and Transitions I'

#144: 'Authority, responsiveness and democratic checks: the challenges of public law in the new constitutional landscape'

#147: 'The Roles of the People in Law and Politics'

#151: 'The Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine'

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY

Panel Sessions VI: 08.20-09.55

#152: 'Courts and Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes'

#153: 'Challenges to Freedom of Expression I'

#158: 'Constitutional politics and comparative institutional design'

#160: 'Comparative Impeachment: Removing Executives'

#161: 'Challenges to Constitutional Democracy in Latin America'

#162: 'The Relationship between Constitutional Democracy and a Janusfaced Civil Society'

#167: 'Rise and Fall of Constitutions: Promises and Challenges'

#171: 'Constitutionalism, Democracy and Constitutional Change'

#174: 'Constitutional Shocks and Transitions II'

Panel Sessions VII: 10.30-12.05

#183: Poland's Constitutional Breakdown - Book Discussion

#184: 'Challenges to Freedom of Expression II'

#187: “Authoritarian Constitutionalism“ - Authors meet Critics

#188: 'Times of Change?: Views from Political Theory'

#191: 'Constitutional Present Challenges' (Brazil focus)

#194: 'Hate Speech in the Digital Era: a comparative analysis'

#196: 'Religion in the Crisis of Constitutional Democracy?'

#206: 'Populism, Fear of the People and Constituent Power'

#208: 'Participatory democracy: a suitable solution to cope with the public law changes'