This event is part of CIVICA's Democracy in the 21st Century Seminar Series.
Many countries have undergone constitution-making processes in the past decades. Some of them, however, have not been successful. They have either failed in their attempt to give the country a new constitution or they have produced a short-lived constitution. The reasons for these failures can vary considerably from country to country. This workshop analyses the failure's main possible causes by exploring two case-studies (Chile and Kenya) and situating them in the literature on constitution-making, while contrasting them with other examples such as Iceland and Israel. The panelists will use these examples to theorize on possible lessons that may be useful for future politicians, policymakers or scholars interested in the possibility of enacting or replacing a constitution.
Speakers:
Sergio Verdugo, Assistant Professor, IE Law School
Sonsoles Arias, Assistant Professor, IE University and Director, IE Legal Clinic
Antonios Kouroutakis, Associate Professor, IE Law School
This event is part of a seminar series organised in the framework of CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences. The CIVICA alliance brings together ten leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences. The alliance's mission is to create an inter-university campus for collaborative teaching, research, and innovative learning, while fostering academic excellence and global civic engagement. CIVICA was selected by the European Commission as one of the pilot European Universities in 2019 and confirmed as a successful alliance in 2022 for its full roll-out under the Erasmus+ programme. Read more on civica.eu.
