Programme

Registration

Venue: In front of the entrence to The University Aula, Domus Media

Meeting of the outgoing Executive Committee of the IACL

Venue: 'Juridisk eksamenssal', Domus Academica

Opening Ceremony

Programme [pdf]

Participants should be seated by 12.30 at the latest.

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media

 Coffee / tea break (with snacks)

Plenary session 1: The Quest for Constitutional Harmony: From the Enlightenment Constitution  to a Legally Pluralistic World.

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media

Reception hosted by the President of the Parliament, Mr. Olemic Thommessen

Venue: Det Norske Teatret

Parallel workshops 1-6

Workshop 1: Constitutional responses to terrorism

Chairs: David Cole (USA), Lech Garlicki (Poland)

Venue: Auditorium 14, Domus Bibliotheca

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Workshop 2: Sub-national constitutions in federal and quasi-federal constitutional states  

Chairs: Bob Williams (USA), Giacomo Delledonne (Italy)

Venue: Auditorium 13, Domus Media

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Workshop 3: Constitutional studies of free trade and political economy

Chairs:  Gonzalo Villalta-Puig (Australia), Armand de Mestral (Canada)

Venue: 'Theologisk eksamenssal', Domus Academica

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Workshop 4: Social rights group

Chairs: George Katrougalas (Greece), Marcelo Figueiredo (Brazil)

Venue: Auditorium 4, Domus Academica

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Workshop 5: Constitutional dialogues

Chairs: Tania Groppi (Italy), Marie-Claire Ponthereau (France)

Venue: 'Gamle festsal', Domus Academica

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Workshop 6: The constitutional challenges of immigration

Chairs: Cesar Landa (Peru), Andrew Le Sueur (UK)

Venue: Auditorium 6, Domus Academica

Coffee / tea break

Parallel workshops 1-6 continue

Lunch

Plenary session 2: Embedding the Constitution in Society (Challenges from Below)

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media

Parallel workshops 7-12

Workshop 7: Sexual and reproductive rights : liberty, dignity and equality

Chairs: Vicki Jackson (USA), Eva Brems (Belgium)

Venue: Auditorium 13, Domus Media

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Workshop 8: The Citizen and the State in the Digital Age

Chairs: Adrienne Stone (Australia), Djedjro Meledje (Côte d’Ivoire)

Venue: Auditorium 6, Domus Academica

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Workshop 9: Constitutional identity and constitutionalism beyond the nation state

Chairs: Susanna Mancini (Italy), Manuel Cepeda (Colombia)

Venue: 'Gamle festsal', Domus Academica

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Workshop 10: The constitution and illiberal democracies

Chairs: Javier Couso (Chile), Christina Murray (South Africa)

Venue: 'Theologisk eksamenssal', Domus Academica

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Workshop 11: The new spring of constitution-making

Chairs: Mo Jihong (China), Amine Benabdallah (Morocco)

Venue: Auditorium 4, Domus Academica

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Workshop 12: Constitutions and financial crisis

Chairs: Cheryl Saunders (Australia), Elena-Simina Tanasescu (Romania), Michel Rosenfeld (USA)

Venue: Auditorium 14, Domus Bibliotheca

Coffee / tea break

Parallel workshops 7-12 continue

Lunch

Meetings of research groups and regional associations

Meeting of the Council of the IACL

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media

Reception at the Oslo City Hall

Venue: Oslo City Hall

Parallel workshops 13-17

Workshop 13: Constitutional dimensions of political parties and elections

Chairs: Charles Fombad (Cameroon), Claude Klein (Israel)

Venue: 'Theologisk eksamenssal', Domus Academica

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Workshop 14: New challenges to the freedom of the media

Chairs: Giuseppe de Vergottini (Italy), Yasuo Hasebe (Japan)

Venue: Auditorium 13, Domus Media

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Workshop 15: The transformation of the principle of the separation of powers

Chairs: Bertrand Mathieu (France), Javier Garcia Roca (Spain)

Venue: Auditorium 4, Domus Academica

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Workshop 16: Direct democracy

Chairs: Paulus Blokker (Italy), Richard Albert (USA)

Venue: Auditorium 6, Domus Academica

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Workshop 17: Federalism, community identity and distributive justice

Chair: Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens (Canada), Olivier Beaud (France)

Venue: Auditorium 14, Domus Bibliotheca

Coffee break

Parallel workshops 13-17 continue

Lunch

Plenary session 3: Religion and the Constitution

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media

Meeting of the incoming Executive Committee of the IACL

Venue: 'Juridisk eksamenssal', Domus Academica

Plenary session 4: Judges’ Panel: Proportionality in Constitutional Adjudication 

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media

Coffee / tea break

Plenary session 4 continues

Closing ceremony

Speakers:

• Representative of the local organizers
• President of the IACL
• General Secretary of the IACL
• The organizer of the next World Congress

Venue: The University Aula, Domus Media